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- Dictionaryswoop/swuːp/
verb
- 1. (especially of a bird) move rapidly downwards through the air: "the barn owl can swoop down on a mouse in total darkness" Similar
- 2. seize with a swooping motion: informal "she swooped up the hen in her arms"
noun
- 1. a swooping or snatching movement or action: "four members were arrested following a swoop by detectives on their homes"
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to move very quickly and easily through the air, especially down from a high position in order to attack: The eagle swooped down to snatch a young rabbit. informal. to make a sudden attack on a place or group of people in order to surround and catch them: Undercover police swooped on three houses in the city at 5.00 this morning.
1. : an act or instance of swooping. 2. : a single concentrated and quickly effective effort. was done in one swoop. often used with fell. solved everything at one fell swoop. Examples of swoop in a Sentence. Verb The police swooped in and captured the criminals. Recent Examples on the Web. Verb.
Swoop definition: to sweep through the air, as a bird or a bat, especially down upon prey.. See examples of SWOOP used in a sentence.
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. The ordeal ended when armed police swooped on the car. American English : swoop / ˈswup /
1. To move in a sudden sweep: The bird swooped down on its prey. 2. To make a rush or an attack with a sudden sweeping movement. Often used with down: The children swooped down on the pile of presents. v.tr. To seize or snatch in a sudden sweeping movement. n. The act or an instance of swooping.
To swoop is to move downward quickly and dramatically, like an eagle that swoops down to catch its prey. A swoop is an impressive movement best demonstrated by a bird. If a bird is high in the air, then moves down quickly, making an arc or loop, that's an example of a swoop.
Swoop Definition. To descend suddenly and swiftly, as a bird in hunting; pounce or sweep ( down or upon) To move in a sudden sweep. The bird swooped down on its prey.
swoop definition: 1. to suddenly move very quickly down through the air: 2. to suddenly attack: . Learn more.
v.t. to take, lift, scoop up, or remove with or as with one sweeping motion (often fol. by up, away, or off): He swooped her up in his arms. n. an act or instance of swooping; a sudden, swift descent. at or in one fell swoop, all at once or all together, as if by one blow: The quake flattened the houses at one fell swoop.
Definition of swoop verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
