Definitions for swoop
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. swoop, slidenoun

   (music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale

   "the violinist was indulgent with his swoops and slides"

2. swoopnoun

   a very rapid raid

3. swoopverb

   a swift descent through the air

4. pounce, swoopverb

   move down on as if in an attack

   "The raptor swooped down on its prey"; "The teacher swooped down upon the new students"

5. swoopverb

   move with a sweep, or in a swooping arc

6. swoop, swoop upverb

   seize or catch with a swooping motion

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. swoopnoun

   an instance, or the act of suddenly plunging downward

   The quality of decision is like the well-timed swoop of a falcon which enables it to strike and destroy its victim. uE000160914uE001 Sun Tzu

2. swoopnoun

   an act of rushedly doing something

   Fortune's a right whore. If she give ought, she deals it in small parcels, that she may take away all at one swoop. uE000160915uE001 John Webster

3. swoopnoun

   passing quickly from one note to the next

4. swoopverb

   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.

5. swoopverb

   to move swiftly, as if with a sweeping movement, especially to attack something

   The dog had enthusiastically swooped down on the bone.

6. Etymology: From swopen, from swapan.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Swoopnoun

   Fall of a bird of prey upon his quarry.

   Etymology: from the verb.

   All my pretty ones?
   Did you say all? What, all? O hellkite! all!
   What, all my pretty chickens and their dam,
   At one fell swoop? William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

   The eagle fell into the fox’s quarters, and carried away a whole litter of cubs at a swoop. Roger L'Estrange.

2. To Swoopverb

   Etymology: I suppose formed from the sound.

   1. To fall at once as a hawk upon his prey.

   A fowl in Madagascar, called a ruck, the feathers of whose wings are twelve paces, can with as much ease swoop up an elephant as our kites do a mouse. John Wilkins.

   This mould’ring piecemeal in your hands did fall,
   And now at last you came to swoop it all. Dryden.

   2. To prey upon; to catch up.

   The physician looks with another eye on the medicinal herb than the grazing ox, which swoops it in with the common grass. Joseph Glanvill, Sceps.

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1. swoop

   Swoop is a verb that typically refers to a swift, sweeping, sudden movement or action, often downward from above. It is often used to describe the action of a bird or aircraft descending rapidly towards the ground. As a noun, swoop refers to the act of swooping, or a single swift movement or action. For example, in sentences: 1) The eagle swooped down to catch its prey. 2) In one fell swoop, he completed all his tasks.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Swoopnoun

   to fall on at once and seize; to catch while on the wing; as, a hawk swoops a chicken

2. Swoopnoun

   to seize; to catch up; to take with a sweep

3. Swoopverb

   to descend with closed wings from a height upon prey, as a hawk; to swoop

4. Swoopverb

   to pass with pomp; to sweep

5. Swoopnoun

   a falling on and seizing, as the prey of a rapacious bird; the act of swooping

6. Etymology: [OE. swopen, usually, to sweep, As. swpan 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. swfan to move quickly. Cf. Sweep, Swift, a. & n., Swipe, Swivel.]

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1. Swoop

   Swoop is the name of several fictional characters in the Transformers fictional series and toy line. He was first introduced in 1985 and was voiced by Michael Bell in the animated The Transformers series.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Swoop

   swōōp, 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. [A.S. swápan, to sweep; Ger. schweifen, to rove.]

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1. Swoop

   Swoop is a Native Advertising service that seamlessly integrates relevant information about products and services - at times in the form of sponsored content or advertising - into the content that consumers are engaged with online. Through its patent pending technology Swoop has made a breakthrough that allows for Conceptual Advertising; the ability to understand not just the content, but the actual human concepts that are being expressed. This provides advertisers with the intent and relevancy of search, but at the scale of the Web. Swoop case studies highlight consistent search-like engagement that outperforms traditional display advertising by as much as 50 fold.Founded by a team with deep experience in web publishing, advertising technology and consumer marketing, Swoop is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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1. swoop

   Song lyrics by swoop -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by swoop on the Lyrics.com website.

Matched Categories

1. • Descend
   • Foray
   • Glissando
   • Move
   • Music

Anagrams for swoop »

1. woops

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of swoop in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of swoop in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of swoop in a Sentence

1. Markus Soeder:

   There is no point in just breaking it off now. Imagine: we open everything in one fell swoop, then within two, three weeks we will be in a situation maybe even worse than before.

2. Teresa Fillmon:

   United States's not like,' Oh, they just dump United States there,' united States love United States children. United States just can't take care of United States at that given moment. And United States's no reason why some American can swoop in here and snag them.

3. Michael McConnell:

   We are not the internet police, don't think of us as sort of a fast-action group that's going to swoop in and deal with rapidly moving problems.

4. Don Hinkle:

   The atheists just swoop in and with a simple letter written by a threatening lawyer – they win, they kick Christ and Christianity and the First Amendment right out of a public school.

5. Barack Obama:

   My biggest suggestion would be for the BRT just to start having conversations on a bipartisan basis on lifting the embargo. It doesn't necessarily have to happen or even should happen all in one fell swoop, but I think you look at the economic opportunities that are provided, they are significant.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=swoop
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Swoop
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=swoop
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/swoop
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=swoop
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=swoop
8. ^ CrunchBase
   https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/swoop