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Definition of Swoop

Swoop

  1. To fall on at once and seize; to catch while on the wing; as, a hawk swoops a chicken.
  2. To seize; to catch up; to take with a sweep.
  3. To descend with closed wings from a height upon prey, as a hawk; to swoop.
  4. To pass with pomp; to sweep.
  5. A falling on and seizing, as the prey of a rapacious bird; the act of swooping.

Swoop Quotations

The quality of decision is like the well-timed swoop of a falcon which enables it to strike and destroy its victim.
Sun Tzu

When anybody starts out with a memoir, you get the impulse to tell your own story with your own voice, and you get all that out in one fell swoop sometimes.
Dave Eggers

My grandmother was probably the first person who I thought was beautiful. She was incredibly stylish, she had big hair, big cars. I was probably 3 years old, but she was like a cartoon character. She'd swoop into our lives with presents and boxes, and she always smelled great and looked great.
Tom Ford

Of course, I have given my engineers some headaches over the years, but they go with me. I have always wanted my buildings to be as light as possible, to touch the ground gently, to swoop and soar, and to surprise.
Oscar Niemeyer

He was mostly leaping tall buildings in the beginning. There were cases where he would leap off a tall building or swoop down, and at that point he would look like he was flying, I suppose. It was just natural to draw him like that.
Joe Shuster
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Swoop Translations

swoop in German is schnappen

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