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Definition of 'Swooped'

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  • 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]

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