English edit

Etymology edit

From swoop +‎ stake. Compare sweepstake.

Noun edit

swoopstake (plural swoopstakes)

  1. Alternative form of sweepstake

Adverb edit

swoopstake (not comparable)

  1. Alternative form of sweepstake
  2. All at once, without making distinctions.
    • 1623, Shakespeare, Hamlet, act 4, scene 5:
      Is't writ in your revenge,
      That, swoopstake, you will draw both friend and foe,
      Winner and loser?