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1. Move down on as if in an attack
   "The raptor swooped down on its prey"; "The teacher swooped down upon the new students";
   - pounce
    
2. Move with a sweep, or in a swooping arc
    
3. Seize or catch with a swooping motion
   - swoop up

1. (music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale
   "the violinist was indulgent with his swoops and slides";
   - slide
    
2. A very rapid raid
    
3. A swift descent through the air

Derived forms: swooped, swoops, swooping

Type of: come down, descend, descent, fall, foray, glissando, go down, maraud, move, raid, sink, snap, snatch, snatch up

Encyclopedia: Swoop