Swoop

[swuːp] or [swup]

Definition

(noun.) a swift descent through the air.

(noun.) a very rapid raid.

(noun.) (music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale; 'the violinist was indulgent with his swoops and slides'.

(verb.) seize or catch with a swooping motion.

(verb.) move with a sweep, or in a swooping arc.

Typist: Nigel--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) To fall on at once and seize; to catch while on the wing; as, a hawk swoops a chicken.

(n.) To seize; to catch up; to take with a sweep.

(v. i.) To descend with closed wings from a height upon prey, as a hawk; to swoop.

(v. i.) To pass with pomp; to sweep.

(n.) A falling on and seizing, as the prey of a rapacious bird; the act of swooping.

Typist: Lottie

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. Seize (as a hawk its prey), clutch, catch up, pounce upon.

v. n. Stoop, descend, come down, bear down.

n. [1]. Clutch, seizure.[2]. Stoop, descent.

Edited by Bryan

Definition

v.t. to sweep down upon: to take with a sweep: to catch while on the wing: to catch up.—v.i. to descend with a sweep.—n. the act of swooping: a seizing as a bird on its prey.

Checked by Gilbert