Dictionary Entry
swoop
swoop is a 5-letter English word with 11 senses as noun, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To fall on at once and seize; to catch while on the wing; as, a hawk swoops a chicken. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 11 · 11 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
To fall on at once and seize; to catch while on the wing; as, a hawk swoops a chicken.
- 2noun
To seize; to catch up; to take with a sweep.
- 3intransitive verb
To descend with closed wings from a height upon prey, as a hawk; to swoop.
- 4intransitive verb
To pass with pomp; to sweep.
- 5noun
A falling on and seizing, as the prey of a rapacious bird; the act of swooping.
- 6noun
a swift descent through the air
- 7noun
a very rapid raid
- 8noun
(music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale
"the violinist was indulgent with his swoops and slides"
Synonyms
- 9verb
seize or catch with a swooping motion
- 10verb
move down on as if in an attack
"The raptor swooped down on its prey"
"The teacher swooped down upon the new students"
Synonyms
- 11verb
move with a sweep, or in a swooping arc
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