Noun
a swift descent through the air

Noun
a very rapid raid

Noun
(music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale; "the violinist was indulgent with his swoops and slides"

Verb
seize or catch with a swooping motion

Verb
move down on as if in an attack; "The raptor swooped down on its prey"; "The teacher swooped down upon the new students"

Verb
move with a sweep, or in a swooping arc

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

n.
To seize; to catch up; to take with a sweep.

v. i.
To descend with closed wings from a height upon prey, as a hawk; to swoop.

v. i.
To pass with pomp; to sweep.

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

Swoop

And now at last you came to swoop it all.

The grazing ox which swoops it [the medicinal herb] in with the common grass.

Swoop

Swoop

The eagle fell, . . . and carried away a whole litter of cubs at a swoop.

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

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

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