swoop

IPA: swˈup

(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.

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.
What is often perceived as drifting can be their final "swoop" into the blocks.
MARTIN GONZALEZ, CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE: What we call what we call the swoop and squat.
Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner John Yates, who is in charge of counter-terrorism policing nationally, said the swoop was a large-scale, pre-planned and intelligence-led operation involving several forces.
Bringing together employer and candidate in one fell swoop is pehaps a holy grail, and I’m afraid it will always be so – after all we are talking about people and personalities and god knows they clash much too often.