Sweep or swept may refer to:
Cleaning Sweep, the action of using a brush to clean Chimney sweep, a worker who clears ash and soot from chimneys Street sweeper, a person or machine that cleans streets Swept quartz, a cleaning of quartz crystal from alkali metal ions
Arts, entertainment, and media Sweep (book series), a fictional series by Cate Tiernan Sweep (puppet), a character on the British children's television series The Sooty Show Sweep, an ability keyword in Magic: The Gathering Sweep-picking, a guitar technique Sweeps period, a system of calculating viewership for television programming Swept (album), a 1991 album by the English singer Julia Fordham "Swept", a 1986 song by Spandau Ballet from the album Through the Barricades "Sweep", a 2026 song by Quavo from the album Qrömelife
Detection Bug sweeping, the common name for electronic counter surveillance Minesweeper (ship), a small naval ship designed to engage in minesweeping Minesweeping, the practice of removing explosive mines Radio-frequency sweep, the action of scanning a radio frequency band for detecting signals transmitted there SWEEPS, a 2006 astronomical survey project using the Hubble Space Telescope
Farming Sweep (agricultural), a row crop cultivator SWEEP (Soil and Water Environmental Enhancement program), a Canadian agricultural program 1986–1988
People with the name Shaun Wright-Phillips, a football player nicknamed Sweep
Sports
Sweep (American football), a running play in American football Packers sweep, a running play popularized by Vince Lombardi and the Green Bay Packers Sweep (martial arts), the name used for two categories of martial arts techniques Sweep (rowing), a rowing technique Sweep shot, a shot played in cricket Sweep (sports), or whitewash, winning a series or contest without any losses Curling involves sweeping on ice
Other meanings Sweep (fish), a number of fish in the suborder Scorpidinae Sweep (horse) (1907–1936), champion Thoroughbred race horse Sweep (motorcycle), in group motorcycle riding, the last rider in line Sweep (software), a digital audio editor Sweep, a gradual bend or elbow, in conduit, ductwork, piping, or other tubing Well sweep, an irrigation tool Sweep account, a kind of bank account Sweep line algorithm, a concept in computational geometry Sweeps, a regional English term for windmill sails Sweepstakes, a sales promotion or lottery Swept wing, a layout of the wings on an airplane Selective sweep, a loss of genetic variation caused by selection for a beneficial mutation
See also Sweeper (disambiguation) Sweeps (disambiguation) Broom Clean sweep (disambiguation) Mop