swoop upon
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Swoop — Swoop, v. i. 1. To descend with closed wings from a height upon prey, as a hawk; to stoop. [1913 Webster] 2. To pass with pomp; to sweep. [Obs.] Drayton. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
swoop — (v.) 1560s, to move or walk in a stately manner, apparently from a dialectal survival of O.E. swapan to sweep, brandish, dash, from P.Gmc. *swaipanan, from PIE root *swei to swing, bend, to turn. Meaning pounce upon with a sweeping movement first … Etymology dictionary
swoop — [swo͞op] vt. [ME swopen < OE swapan, to sweep along, rush, akin to Ger schweifen, ON sveipa: see SWIFT] to snatch or seize suddenly, with a sweeping movement: often with up, off, or away vi. to descend suddenly and swiftly, as a bird in… … English World dictionary
swoop — /swup / (say swoohp) verb (i) 1. to sweep through the air, as a bird or a bat, especially down upon prey. –noun 2. the act of swooping; a sudden, swift descent. –phrase 3. at (or in) one fell swoop, in a single action or coordinated series of… …
swoop — /swoohp/, v.i. 1. to sweep through the air, as a bird or a bat, esp. down upon prey. 2. to come down upon something in a sudden, swift attack (often fol. by down and on or upon): The army swooped down on the town. v.t. 3. to take, lift, scoop up … Universalium
swoop down upon — Synonyms and related words: ambush, assail, assault, attack, blitz, bushwhack, catch at, come at, come down on, crack down on, descend on, descend upon, fall on, fall upon, fasten upon, gang up on, go at, go for, harry, have at, hit, hit like… … Moby Thesaurus
swoop — v 1.Often swoop down or on sweep down, glide or fly downward, descend, dip, plunge, dive, nose dive, plummet; drop down on, come down on or upon, fall upon, pounce or pounce on; lunge at, leap at, spring at, jump at; attack, go at or for, have at … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
swoop — Synonyms and related words: belly buster, belly flop, belly whopper, blow, cannonball, cascade, cataract, chute, collapse, come down, comedown, crash, crash dive, debacle, declension, declination, defluxion, descend, descending, descension,… … Moby Thesaurus
swoop — [[t]swup[/t]] v. i. 1) to sweep down through the air, as a bird upon prey 2) to come down upon something in a sudden, swift attack (often fol. by down and on or upon): The army swooped down on the town[/ex] 3) to take, lift, scoop up, or remove… … From formal English to slang
swoop — I. v. a. 1. Seize (as a hawk its prey), catch while on the wing. 2. Catch up, pounce upon, seize, clutch. II. v. n. Stoop, descend, come down, bear down. III. n. 1. Clutch, seizure. 2. Stoop, descent … New dictionary of synonyms
pounce upon — Synonyms and related words: ambush, appear unexpectedly, assail, assault, astonish, attack, be unexpected, blitz, bob up, bounce, bound, buck, buckjump, bushwhack, capriole, catch at, catch off guard, catch unawares, clear, come at, come down on … Moby Thesaurus
