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

1. noun. To fall on at once and seize; to catch while on the wing; as, a hawk swoops a chicken.
2. noun. To seize; to catch up; to take with a sweep.
3. intransitive verb. To descend with closed wings from a height upon prey, as a hawk; to swoop.
4. intransitive verb. To pass with pomp; to sweep.
5. noun. A falling on and seizing, as the prey of a rapacious bird; the act of swooping.
6. noun. a swift descent through the air
7. noun. a very rapid raid
8. noun. (music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale

   "the violinist was indulgent with his swoops and slides"

   Synonyms: slide

9. verb. seize or catch with a swooping motion
10. verb. move down on as if in an attack

    "The raptor swooped down on its prey"

    "The teacher swooped down upon the new students"

    Synonyms: pounce

11. verb. move with a sweep, or in a swooping arc

Synonyms

slide, pounce

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in swoop:

woops

Common word forms

swoops, swooped, swooper, swooping

Words from these letters

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