1. Move down on as if in an attack
   "The raptor swooped down on its prey"; "The teacher swooped down upon the new students";
   - pounce
    
2. Move with a sweep, or in a swooping arc
   "The eagle swooped down on its prey"
    
3. Seize or catch with a swooping motion
   "The eagle swooped up the fish from the lake";
   - swoop up

1. A swift descent through the air
   "The eagle's swoop to catch its prey was breathtaking"
    
2. A very rapid raid
   "The police made a swoop on the drug dealers' hideout"
    
3. (music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale
   "the violinist was indulgent with his swoops and slides";
   - slide

Derived forms: swoops, swooped, swooping

Type of: come down, descend, descent, foray, glissando, go down, maraud, move, raid, snap, snatch, snatch up

Encyclopedia: Swoop