swoop : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: swoop	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for swoop
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
swoop n (music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale; "the violinist was indulgent with his swoops and slides" Synonym(s): swoop, slide a very rapid raid a swift descent through the air v move down on as if in an attack; "The raptor swooped down on its prey"; "The teacher swooped down upon the new students" Synonym(s): pounce, swoop move with a sweep, or in a swooping arc seize or catch with a swooping motion Synonym(s): swoop, swoop up
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 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[be]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[c6]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.