upsweep

English

Etymology

up- +‎ sweep

Noun

upsweep (plural upsweeps)

1. An upward sweep or curve.
2. (swimming) The upward motion of a swimmer's arm.

   Coordinate terms: downsweep, insweep, outsweep

3. A hairstyle where most of the hair is fastened into place at the top of the head.
4. (oceanography) The unidentified sound detected on the American NOAA's equatorial autonomous hydrophone arrays, consisting of a long train of narrow-band upsweeping sounds of several seconds in duration.

Verb

upsweep (third-person singular simple present upsweeps, present participle upsweeping, simple past and past participle upswept)

1. To sweep or curve upwards.

Related terms

• upswept

Anagrams

• sweep up