swooping
present participle ofswoop
swoop
verb[I]
uk/swuːp/us/swuːp/tomoveveryquicklyandeasilythrough theair,especiallydown from a highpositioninordertoattack:
Theeagleswoopeddowntosnatchayoungrabbit.
informal
to make asuddenattackon aplaceorgroupofpeopleinordertosurroundandcatchthem:
Undercoverpoliceswoopedonthreehousesin thecityat 5.00 thismorning.
Movement through the air
- airborne
- buoyantly
- buzz
- flight
- flit
- float
- fly
- glide
- hover
- levitate
- levitation
- mid-air
- non-flying
- soar
- somersault
- swishy
- swoop
- waft
- wheel
- wing
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
Moving quickly
Attacking & invading
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In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
The two men were singing,swooping, undulating, unintelligible words, and the back of my neck tingled.
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As a counterexample they suggest the perception of a birdswoopingdown to land and its identification.
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However, by 1950 a poster from the same location carries an image of a single-child familyswoopingdown towards an eerily empty and well-ordered beach.
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Her adroit interpretation of the solo part,swoopingaround to realize the score's frequent exploration of keyboard extremes, was a visual as well as an aural delight.
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They areswoopingand preying on those unfortunate enough to be unemployed.
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They could not be altered in evidence without the defenceswoopingon it.
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Natural facilities are used for sport and recreation, hang-gliding, caving and walking—as long as one is careful to avoid hang-glidersswoopingdown and catching one behind the neck.
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I cannot think of anyone more likely to be attracted by a qualitative leap than he is with hisswoopingintellect and his liking for the metaphysic of history.
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It is claimed by some thatswoopingcan be prevented by hand-feeding magpies.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In some cases, magpies may become extremely aggressive and attack people's faces; it may become very difficult to deter these birds fromswooping.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It hunts from a perch about 3 metres (10 ft) highswoopingto the ground for prey up to ten times a minute.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Red aliens quickly begin attacking you,swoopingin line formations from the top area of the screen.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Eight other calls have been described, from "begging calls" made by females during mating to "attack calls" made whileswoopingat intruders.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Dusk brings hundreds ofswoopingswallows to the cave entrance.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Their habit ofswoopingto pick up dead rodents or other roadkill leads to collisions with vehicles.
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