swoop

S0950600 (swo͞op)v. swooped, swoop·ing, swoops v.intr.1. To move in a sudden sweep: The bird swooped down on its prey.2. To make a rush or an attack with a sudden sweeping movement. Often used with down: The children swooped down on the pile of presents.v.tr. To seize or snatch in a sudden sweeping movement.n. The act or an instance of swooping.

[Middle English swopen, to sweep along, from Old English swāpan, to sweep, swing.]

swoop

(swuːp) vb1. (intr; usually foll by down, on, or upon) to sweep or pounce suddenly2. (tr; often foll by up, away, or off) to seize or scoop suddenlyn3. the act of swooping4. a swift descent[Old English swāpan to sweep; related to Old High German sweifan to swing around, Old Norse sveipa to throw]

swoop

(swup)

v.i. 1. to sweep down through the air, as a bird upon prey. 2. to come down upon something in a sudden, swift attack (often fol. by down and on or upon): The army swooped down on the town. v.t. 3. to take, lift, scoop up, or remove with or as if with one sweeping motion (often fol. by up, away, or off): He swooped her up in his arms. n. 4. an act or instance of swooping. [1535–45; Middle English swopen, Old English swāpan to sweep¹]

swoop

Past participle: swooped
Gerund: swooping

Imperative
swoop
swoop

Present
I swoop
you swoop
he/she/it swoops
we swoop
you swoop
they swoop

Preterite
I swooped
you swooped
he/she/it swooped
we swooped
you swooped
they swooped

Present Continuous
I am swooping
you are swooping
he/she/it is swooping
we are swooping
you are swooping
they are swooping

Present Perfect
I have swooped
you have swooped
he/she/it has swooped
we have swooped
you have swooped
they have swooped

Past Continuous
I was swooping
you were swooping
he/she/it was swooping
we were swooping
you were swooping
they were swooping

Past Perfect
I had swooped
you had swooped
he/she/it had swooped
we had swooped
you had swooped
they had swooped

Future
I will swoop
you will swoop
he/she/it will swoop
we will swoop
you will swoop
they will swoop

Future Perfect
I will have swooped
you will have swooped
he/she/it will have swooped
we will have swooped
you will have swooped
they will have swooped

Future Continuous
I will be swooping
you will be swooping
he/she/it will be swooping
we will be swooping
you will be swooping
they will be swooping

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been swooping
you have been swooping
he/she/it has been swooping
we have been swooping
you have been swooping
they have been swooping

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been swooping
you will have been swooping
he/she/it will have been swooping
we will have been swooping
you will have been swooping
they will have been swooping

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been swooping
you had been swooping
he/she/it had been swooping
we had been swooping
you had been swooping
they had been swooping

Conditional
I would swoop
you would swoop
he/she/it would swoop
we would swoop
you would swoop
they would swoop

Past Conditional
I would have swooped
you would have swooped
he/she/it would have swooped
we would have swooped
you would have swooped
they would have swooped

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	swoop - (music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale; "the violinist was indulgent with his swoops and slides"slideglissando - a rapid series of ascending or descending notes on the musical scalemusic - an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner
	2.	swoop - a very rapid raidforay, maraud, raid - a sudden short attack
	3.	swoop - a swift descent through the airdescent - the act of changing your location in a downward direction
Verb	1.	swoop - move down on as if in an attack; "The raptor swooped down on its prey"; "The teacher swooped down upon the new students"pouncecome down, descend, go down, fall - move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way; "The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again"stoop - descend swiftly, as if on prey; "The eagle stooped on the mice in the field"
	2.	swoop - move with a sweep, or in a swooping arcmove - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right"
	3.	swoop - seize or catch with a swooping motionswoop upsnatch, snatch up, snap - to grasp hastily or eagerly; "Before I could stop him the dog snatched the ham bone"

swoop

verb1. pounce, attack, charge, rush, raid, descend, assail, make a raid The terror ended when armed police swooped on the car.2. drop, plunge, dive, rush, sweep, descend, plummet, pounce, stoop, nosedive The hawk swooped and soared away carrying something.noun1. raid, attack, assault, surprise search a swoop on a German lorry

swoop

nounThe act of plunging suddenly downward into or as if into water:dive, nosedive, plunge.Informal: header.

Translations

猛扑突袭

swoop

(swuːp) verb to rush or fly downwards. The owl swooped down on its prey.猛扑 noun an act of swooping. 猛扑，突袭 at one fell swoop all at the same time; in a single movement or action. 一下子，一举

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at one fell swoop

All at once, with a single decisive or powerful action. When the economy crashed, thousands lost their jobs, their homes, and their pensions at one fell swoop.See also: fell, one, swoop

in one fell swoop

All at once, with a single decisive or powerful action. When the economy crashed, thousands lost their jobs, their homes, and their pensions in one fell swoop.See also: fell, one, swoop

one fell swoop

A single decisive or powerful action. When the economy crashed, thousands lost their jobs, their homes, and their pensions in one fell swoop. With one fell swoop, the military junta arrested the prime minister, executed its enemies in parliament, and assumed total control of the country.See also: fell, one, swoop

swoop down

To rush quickly downward in an abrupt sweeping motion. He swooped down and picked up the toddler before she got too close to the steps. I love sitting on the pier, watching the birds swoop down to catch fish.See also: down, swoop

swoop down on (someone or something)

1. To move down in a sudden plunging sweep to seize or land on someone or something. The falcon swooped down on its trainer's arm. The pelicans hover over the bay, swooping down on fish that venture too close to the surface of the water.2. To descend on someone or something very quickly and suddenly, as to attack or grasp them or it. The children all swooped down on the pile of candy that fell from the broken piñata. Several police officers swooped down on the suspect.See also: down, on, swoop

at one fell swoop

and in one fell swoopFig. in a single incident; as a single event. (This phrase preserves the old word fell, meaning "terrible" or "deadly.") The party guests ate up all the snacks at one fell swoop. When the stock market crashed, many large fortunes were wiped out in one fell swoop.See also: fell, one, swoop

swoop down (up)on someone or something

1. Lit. to dive or plunge downward on someone or something. The eagle swooped down upon the lamb. 2. Fig. [for someone] to pounce on and consume something. The children swooped down on the ice cream and cake.See also: down, on, swoop

one fell swoop, in

Also at one fell swoop. All at once, in a single action, as in This law has lifted all the controls on cable TV in one fell swoop. This term was used and probably invented by Shakespeare in Macbeth (4:3), where the playwright likens the murder of Macduff's wife and children to a hawk swooping down on defenseless prey. Although fell here means "cruel" or "ruthless," this meaning has been lost in the current idiom, where it now signifies "sudden." See also: fell, one

in (or at) one fell swoop

all in one go. This expression comes from Macduff's appalled reaction to the murder of his wife and children in Shakespeare's Macbeth: ‘Oh hell-kite!…All my pretty chickens, and their dam At one fell swoop?’See also: fell, one, swoop

at/in one fell ˈswoop

with a single action or movement; all at the same time: Only a foolish politician would promise to lower the rate of inflation and reduce unemployment at one fell swoop.See also: fell, one, swoop

swoop down

v. To make a rush or an attack with or as if with a sudden sweeping movement: An owl swooped down on the rabbit.See also: down, swoop

at one fell swoop

A single operation, often a violent one. This term was coined by Shakespeare, who used the metaphor of a hell-kite (probably a vulture) killing chickens for the murder of Macduff’s wife and children: “Oh, Hell-Kite! All? What, all my pretty chickens and their dam at one fell swoop?” (Macbeth, 4.3). The adjective fell was Old English for “fierce” or “savage.” See also: fell, one, swoop

one fell swoop

A single and rapid act. “Fell” comes from an Old English word for frightful and “swoop” describes the way hawks and other birds of prey drop out of the sky to capture their victims. Accordingly, something that is done “in one fell swoop,” whether or not it is awful, happens with no hesitation. Shakespeare coined the phrase in Macbeth, where the character Macduff laments the murders of his wife and children with “What, all my pretty chick- ens and their dam / At one fell swoop?”See also: fell, one, swoop

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swoop down on (someone or something)

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swoop down (up)on someone or something

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in (or at) one fell swoop

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SWOOP

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verb pounce

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verb drop

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noun raid

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noun the act of plunging suddenly downward into or as if into water

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noun (music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale

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noun a very rapid raid

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noun a swift descent through the air

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verb move down on as if in an attack

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verb move with a sweep, or in a swooping arc

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verb seize or catch with a swooping motion

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