Swoop
11swoop — swoop1 [swu:p] v [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: swope [i] to sweep (11 19 centuries), from Old English swapan; SWEEP1] 1.) if a bird or aircraft swoops, it moves suddenly down through the air, especially in order to attack something ▪ The eagle… …
12swoop — I UK [swuːp] / US [swup] verb [intransitive] Word forms swoop : present tense I/you/we/they swoop he/she/it swoops present participle swooping past tense swooped past participle swooped 1) to move quickly and suddenly downwards through the air,… …
13swoop — swoop1 [ swup ] verb intransitive 1. ) to move quickly and suddenly downward through the air, especially in order to attack or catch someone or something: The aircraft swooped down over the fields in search of its target. We watched the hawk… …
14swoop — [[t]swu͟ːp[/t]] swoops, swooping, swooped 1) VERB If police or soldiers swoop on a place, they go there suddenly and quickly, usually in order to arrest someone or to attack the place. [JOURNALISM] [V on n] The terror ended when armed police… …
15Swoop G — James Parker better known by his stage name Swoop G is an American rapper from Long Beach, California, formerly signed to Death Row Records. He spent a lot of time signed with Death Row but like so many Death Row artists before him, failed to… …
16swoop — I. verb Etymology: alteration of Middle English swopen to sweep, from Old English swāpan more at sweep Date: 1566 intransitive verb to move with a sweep transitive verb to gain or carry off in or as if in a swoop usually used with up • swooper… …
17swoop — /swup / (say swoohp) verb (i) 1. to sweep through the air, as a bird or a bat, especially down upon prey. –noun 2. the act of swooping; a sudden, swift descent. –phrase 3. at (or in) one fell swoop, in a single action or coordinated series of… …
18swoop up — verb seize or catch with a swooping motion (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑swoop • Derivationally related forms: ↑swoop (for: ↑swoop) • Hypernyms: ↑snatch, ↑ …
19swoop — /swoohp/, v.i. 1. to sweep through the air, as a bird or a bat, esp. down upon prey. 2. to come down upon something in a sudden, swift attack (often fol. by down and on or upon): The army swooped down on the town. v.t. 3. to take, lift, scoop up …
20swoop — 1. verb /ˈswuːp/ a) to fly or glide downwards suddenly; to plunge (in the air) or nosedive The lone eagle swooped down into the lake, snatching its prey, a small fish. b) to move swiftly, as if with a sweeping movement, especially to attack… …
