swoop
IPA: swˈup
noun
- An instance, or the act of suddenly plunging downward.
- A sudden act of seizing.
- (music) A quick passage from one note to the next.
verb
- (intransitive) To fly or glide downwards suddenly; to plunge (in the air) or nosedive.
- (intransitive) To move swiftly, as if with a sweeping movement, especially to attack something.
- (transitive) To fall on at once and seize; to catch while on the wing.
- (transitive) To seize; to catch up; to take with a sweep.
- (intransitive) To pass with pomp; to sweep.
- (Britain, prison slang) To search the ground for discarded cigarette butts that can be made into new cigarettes.
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Examples of "swoop" in Sentences
- The plane swooped at night.
- Bargain hunters prepare to swoop.
- Seagull is urged by coach to swoop in series.
- The bats swoop down and attack the squirrel maiden.
- The crustaceans swim primarily by swooping the antennae.
- Wouldn't the cavalry be able to swoop in on the ladies itself
- It's too easy to swoop in and add tags at the tops of articles.
- Fortunately, Medivh swoops in to slay the remainder of the party.
- At this point, the vultures swoop in and kidnap the spring and Greensleeves.
- In time, the kingdom declined, and Sauron prepared to swoop in for the kill.