'Swoop' definitions:
Definition of 'swoop'
(from WordNet)
noun
(music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale; "the violinist was indulgent with his swoops and slides" [syn: swoop, slide]
noun
A very rapid raid
noun
A swift descent through the air
verb
Move down on as if in an attack; "The raptor swooped down on its prey"; "The teacher swooped down upon the new students" [syn: pounce, swoop]
verb
Move with a sweep, or in a swooping arc
verb
Seize or catch with a swooping motion [syn: swoop, swoop up]
Definition of 'Swoop'
From: GCIDE
- Swoop \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[imac]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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To seize; to catch up; to take with a sweep. [1913 Webster]
- And now at last you came to swoop it all. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- The grazing ox which swoops it [the medicinal herb] in with the common grass. --Glanvill. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Swoop'
From: GCIDE
- Swoop \Swoop\, v. i.
- 1. To descend with closed wings from a height upon prey, as a hawk; to stoop. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To pass with pomp; to sweep. [Obs.] --Drayton. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Swoop'
From: GCIDE
- Swoop \Swoop\, n. A falling on and seizing, as the prey of a rapacious bird; the act of swooping. [1913 Webster]
- The eagle fell, . . . and carried away a whole litter of cubs at a swoop. --L'Estrange. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'swoop'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- belly buster,
- belly flop,
- belly whopper,
- blow,
- cannonball,
- cascade,
- cataract,
- chute,
- collapse,
- come down,
- comedown,
- crash,
- crash dive,
- debacle,
- declension,
- declination,
- defluxion,
- descend,
- descending,
- descension,
- descent,
- dip down,
- dive,
- down,
- downbend,
- downcome,
- downcurve,
- downfall,
- downflow,
- downgrade,
- downpour,
- downrush,
- downtrend,
- downturn,
- downward trend,
- drop,
- drop down,
- drop off,
- dropping,
- fall,
- fall down,
- fall off,
- falling,
- gainer,
- go down,
- go downhill,
- gravitate,
- gravitation,
- header,
- inclination,
- jackknife,
- lose altitude,
- nose dive,
- nose-dive,
- parachute,
- parachute jump,
- pitch,
- plop,
- plummet,
- plummeting,
- plump,
- plunge,
- plunk,
- pounce,
- pounce on,
- pounce upon,
- pour down,
- power dive,
- precipitate,
- rain,
- rapids,
- running dive,
- rush,
- skin-dive,
- sky dive,
- sky-dive,
- sound,
- stationary dive,
- stoop,
- stroke,
- swan dive,
- sweep,
- swoop down,
- take a header,
- trend downward,
- waterfall