swoop

[US]/swuːp/
[UK]/swuːp/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vi. to dive or pounce suddenly
n. a sudden descent or attack

Phrases & Collocations

swoop down

swoop in

swoop up

Example Sentences

The plane made a swoop over the city.

sudden there swooped an eagle downward.

the aircraft swooped in to land.

The eagle swooped down on a chicken.

The bird swooped down to the lake.

Swoop is a Pteranodon, one of three Dinobots. Think the secret love child of G1 Swoop and Energon Swoop.

the barn owl can swoop down on a mouse in total darkness.

she swooped up the hen in her arms.

The bird swooped down on its prey.

The children swooped down on the pile of presents.

The hawk swooped down on the rabbit and killed it.

vultures swooping down to peck out the calf's eyes.

armed police swooped on a flat after a tip-off.

in one fell swoop they exceeded the total number of tries scored last year.

four members were arrested following a swoop by detectives on their homes.

As the turtle swims across the oceanarium,the first porpoise swoops down from above and butts his shell with his belly.

Maples, dogwoods, grape, and sumac twinkle and dance with particulate color in any little breeze, and the decorated twigs of sourwood trees swoop out like plump birds scattering.

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