(cricket) a shot played, on one knee, with a horizontal bat, hitting the ball hard into the air on the leg side

(cricket) to play such a shot

plural of reverse sweep

plural of slog-sweep

(idiomatic) To win all the prizes in a competition. / (card games) To take all of the cards. / (idiomatic) To get enough votes in an election to gain all the seats.

(martial arts) Any of several moves used to trip an opponent by forcefully moving one's legs horizontally at the feet or ankles of one's opponent.

plural of foot sweep

plural of clean sweep

(computing) A form of garbage collection in which every accessible object in memory is flagged, leaving unflagged only those that are no longer reachable and can thus be discarded.

plural of chimney sweep