swoop

Definitions

1. 1.To seize; to catch up; to take with a sweep. And now at last you came to swoop it all. Dryden. The grazing ox which swoops it [the medicinal herb] in with the common grass. Glanvill.
2. 2.To descend with closed wings from a height upon prey, as a hawk; to swoop.
3. 3.To pass with pomp; to sweep. [Obs.] Drayton.
4. 4.A falling on and seizing, as the prey of a rapacious bird; the act of swooping. The eagle fell, . . . and carried away a whole litter of cubs at a swoop. L'Estrange.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

Synonyms

Related questions

• What does "swoop" mean?
• What is another word for "swoop"?

Reverse-dictionary questions

Definition-first questions whose answer is swoop.

• What is to seize; to catch up; to take with a sweep. And now at last you came to swoop it all. Dryden. The grazing ox which swoops it [the medicinal herb] in with the common grass. Glanvill called?
• What is to descend with closed wings from a height upon prey, as a hawk; to swoop called?
• What is to pass with pomp; to sweep. [Obs.] Drayton called?
• What is a falling on and seizing, as the prey of a rapacious bird; the act of swooping. The eagle fell, . . . and carried away a whole litter of cubs at a swoop. L'Estrange called?