Entertainment / Football / Sweep: A running play in which several blockers lead a running back on a designed play to the outside. Depending on the number of blockers and the design of the play this is sometimes referred to as a 'power sweep' or 'student-body-right' (or left).
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Sweep Noun Synonyms: brush, whisk, clean, clear, tidy up
Sweep Verb Synonyms: pass, clearance, stroke, purge
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Technology / Radar / Sweep Jamming: Sweep jamming aims to counter a number of different radar systems spread in frequency over a wide band by continuously sweeping the jamming frequency across the band. MORE
Technology / Television (TV) / Sweeps: Time period during which Nielsen Media Research conducts seasonal ratings of network television programs. MORE
Entertainment / Bowling / Sweepstake: Tournament where contestants pay an entry fee (for prizes). MORE
Entertainment / Bowling / Sweeper: (1) WOOD that cleans remaining pins off deck (clears remaining pins). (2) Big hook, same as broom ball. (3) A type of tournament. MORE
Technology / Aviation / Sweepback: A backward inclination of an airfoil from root to tip in a way that causes the leading edge and often the trailing edge to meet relative wind obliquely, as wingforms that are swept back. MORE
Business / Finance / Sweep Account: An increase in equity created by the labor of the owner. MORE