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- [swoop]
- /swup/
- /swuːp/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [swoop]
- /swup/
Definitions of swoop word
- verb without object swoop to sweep through the air, as a bird or a bat, especially down upon prey. 1
- verb without object swoop to come down upon something in a sudden, swift attack (often followed by down and on or upon): The army swooped down on the town. 1
- verb with object swoop to take, lift, scoop up, or remove with or as with one sweeping motion (often followed by up, away, or off): He swooped her up in his arms. 1
- noun swoop an act or instance of swooping; a sudden, swift descent. 1
- idioms swoop at / in one fell swoop, all at once or all together, as if by one blow: The quake flattened the houses at one fell swoop. 1
- intransitive verb swoop bird: fly down on prey 1
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Origin of swoop
First appearance:
before 1535 One of the 29% oldest English words
1535-45; variant (with close ō) of Middle English swopen, Old English swāpan to sweep1; cognate with German schweifen
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Parts of speech for Swoop
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
swoop popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 82% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
swoop usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for swoop
verb swoop
- aviate — to pilot or fly in an aircraft
- belly-flop — to do a belly flop, as in diving or sledding.
- blockaded — the isolating, closing off, or surrounding of a place, as a port, harbor, or city, by hostile ships or troops to prevent entrance or exit.
- breached — the act or a result of breaking; break or rupture.
noun swoop
- cave-in — a collapse, as of anything hollow: the worst cave-in in the history of mining.
- cavein — a hollow in the earth, especially one opening more or less horizontally into a hill, mountain, etc.
- descent — A descent is a movement from a higher to a lower level or position.
- drop-off — a vertical or very steep descent: The trail has a drop-off of several hundred feet.
- header — the upper part of the body in humans, joined to the trunk by the neck, containing the brain, eyes, ears, nose, and mouth.
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