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Definition of Swoop
1. Verb. Move down on as if in an attack. "The teacher swooped down upon the new students"
Generic synonyms: Come Down, Descend, Fall, Go Down
Specialized synonyms: Stoop
Derivative terms: Pounce
2. Noun. (music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale. "The violinist was indulgent with his swoops and slides"
Generic synonyms: Glissando
Category relationships: Music
Derivative terms: Slide
3. Verb. Move with a sweep, or in a swooping arc.
4. Noun. A very rapid raid.
5. Verb. Seize or catch with a swooping motion.
6. Noun. A swift descent through the air.
Definition of Swoop
1. v. t. To fall on at once and seize; to catch while on the wing; as, a hawk swoops a chicken.
2. v. i. To descend with closed wings from a height upon prey, as a hawk; to stoop.
3. n. A falling on and seizing, as the prey of a rapacious bird; the act of swooping.
Definition of Swoop
1. Verb. to fly or glide downwards suddenly; to plunge (in the air) or nosedive ¹
2. Verb. to move swiftly, as if with a sweeping movement, especially to attack something ¹
3. Noun. an instance, or the act of suddenly plunging downward ¹
4. Noun. an act of rushedly doing something ¹
5. Noun. (music) passing quickly from one note to the next ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Swoop
1. to make a sudden descent [v -ED, -ING, -S]
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