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swoop |
4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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[=i]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. 2. To seize; to catch up to take with a sweep. And now at last you came to swoop it all --Dryden. The grazing ox which swoops it [the medicinal herb] in with the common grass. --Glanvill. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Swoop \Swoop\, v. i. 1. To descend with closed wings from a height upon prey, as a hawk; to swoop. 2. To pass with pomp; to sweep. [Obs.] --Drayton. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Swoop \Swoop\, n. A falling on and seizing, as the prey of a rapacious bird; the act of swooping. The eagle fell, . . . and carried away a whole litter of cubs at a swoop. --L'Estrange. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: swoop n 1: rapid sliding up or down the musical scale; "the violinist was indulgent with his swoops and slides" [syn: {slide}] 2: a very rapid raid 3: a swift descent through the air v 1: move down on as if in an attack; "The teacher swooped down upon the new students" [syn: {pounce}] 2: move with a sweep, or in a swooping arc 3: seize or catch with a swooping motion [syn: {swoop up}]
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