To swoop is to move downward quickly and dramatically, like an eagle that swoops down to catch its prey.
To fall on at once and seize; to catch while on the wing;
Noun
a swift descent through the air
Noun
a very rapid raid
Noun
(music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale; "the violinist was indulgent with his swoops and slides"
Verb
seize or catch with a swooping motion
Verb
move down on as if in an attack; "The raptor swooped down on its prey"; "The teacher swooped down upon the new students"
Verb
move with a sweep, or in a swooping arc
n.
To fall on at once and seize; to catch while on the wing;
as, a hawk swoops a chicken.
n.
To seize; to catch up; to take with a sweep.
v. i.
To descend with closed wings from a height upon prey, as
a hawk; to swoop.
v. i.
To pass with pomp; to sweep.
n.
A falling on and seizing, as the prey of a rapacious bird;
the act of swooping.
Swoop
And now at last you came to swoop it all.
The grazing ox which swoops it [the medicinal herb] in with the common grass.
Swoop
Swoop
The eagle fell, . . . and carried away a whole litter of cubs at a swoop.
To fall on at once and seize; to catch while on the wing;
To descend with closed wings from a height upon prey, as a hawk; to swoop.
A falling on and seizing, as the prey of a rapacious bird; the act of swooping.
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