Definitions for swoop

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IPA: /swup/

Swoop is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 36 anagrams from letters in swoop (oopsw).

Definitions for swoop

noun

1. an act or instance of swooping; a sudden, swift descent.

Idioms

1. at / in one fell swoop, all at once or all together, as if by one blow:

verb (used with object)

1. to take, lift, scoop up, or remove with or as with one sweeping motion (often followed by up, away, or off):

verb (used without object)

1. to sweep through the air, as a bird or a bat, especially down upon prey.
2. to come down upon something in a sudden, swift attack (often followed by down and on or upon):

Origin of swoop

1535-45; variant (with close ō) of Middle English swopen, Old English swāpan to sweep¹; cognate with German schweifen

Examples for swoop

His right hand seemed to hang on the instant for the swoop to his gun.

She needs to reassure Brody that all will be well—that the CIA will swoop in and iron everything out.

Occasionally an owl will take wing from a branch and swoop away with a flash of white.

The Mercutians were almost directly overhead now, preparing to swoop.

With a swoop upwards instead of a swoop downwards, as you say.

Watching this movie makes you want to swoop in and rescue all the kids who go through things like this in real life.

Like a falcon on its perch, he awaited the opportunity to swoop on the quarry.

That leaves plenty of room for Patinkin to swoop in and claim one of the spots that is rightfully his.

What next, a swoop by the Irish cops on eagles lifting babies from prams?

So the swoop of the squall took them completely by surprise.