SWOOP
\swˈuːp], \swˈuːp], \s_w_ˈuː_p]\
Definitions of SWOOP
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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(music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale; "the violinist was indulgent with his swoops and slides"
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move with a sweep, or in a swooping arc
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a swift descent through the air
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a very rapid raid
By Princeton University
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(music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale; "the violinist was indulgent with his swoops and slides"
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move with a sweep, or in a swooping arc
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a swift descent through the air
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a very rapid raid
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To fall on at once and seize; to catch while on the wing; as, a hawk swoops a chicken.
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To descend with closed wings from a height upon prey, as a hawk; to swoop.
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To pass with pomp; to sweep.
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A falling on and seizing, as the prey of a rapacious bird; the act of swooping.
By Oddity Software
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To fall upon and seize; to catch up.
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To sweep down swiftly and suddenly while on the wing; as, the eagle swoops down on its prey.
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A sudden sweeping down and seizing.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To sweep down upon: to take with a sweep: to catch while on the wing: to catch up.
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To descend with a sweep.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
