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Swoop

Swoop Meaning & Definition
Swoop Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Swoop?

[n] a swift descent through the air
[n] a very rapid raid
[n] (music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale; "the violinist was indulgent with his swoops and slides"
[v] seize or catch with a swooping motion
[v] move down on as if in an attack; "The raptor swooped down on its prey"; "The teacher swooped down upon the new students"
[v] move with a sweep, or in a swooping arc

Synonyms | Synonyms for Swoop: pounce | slide | swoop up

Related Terms | Find terms related to Swoop:

See Also | come down | descend | descent | fall | foray | glissando | go down | maraud | move | raid | snap | snatch | snatch up | stoop

Swoop In Webster's Dictionary

\Swoop\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Swooped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Swooping}.] [OE. swopen, usually, to sweep, As. sw[=a]pan to sweep, to rush; akin to G. schweifen to rove, to ramble, to curve, OHG. sweifan to whirl, Icel. sveipa to sweep; also to AS. sw[=i]fan to move quickly. Cf. {Sweep}, {Swift}, a. & n., {Swipe}, {Swivel}.] 1. To fall on at once and seize; to catch while on the wing; as, a hawk swoops a chicken. 2. To seize; to catch up; to take with a sweep. And now at last you came to swoop it all. --Dryden. The grazing ox which swoops it [the medicinal herb] in with the common grass. --Glanvill.
\Swoop\, v. i. 1. To descend with closed wings from a height upon prey, as a hawk; to swoop. 2. To pass with pomp; to sweep. [Obs.] --Drayton.
\Swoop\, n. A falling on and seizing, as the prey of a rapacious bird; the act of swooping. The eagle fell, . . . and carried away a whole litter of cubs at a swoop. --L'Estrange.

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