swooped; swooping; swoops
: to move with a sweep
: to gain or carry off in or as if in a swoop
—usually used with up
swooper
noun
1
: an act or instance of swooping
2
: a single concentrated and quickly effective effort
was done in one swoop
—often used with fellsolved everything at one fell swoop
Examples of swoop in a Sentence
Verb
The police swooped in and captured the criminals.
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Jackie Wattles, CNN, 7 Feb. 2025
This development swings the door wide open for the Astros, Toronto Blue Jays, Boston Red Sox, and Detroit Tigers to swoop in and steal him.
—Kristan Hawkins, Newsweek, 6 Feb. 2025
Joe Hindy, PCMAG, 19 Feb. 2025
In one fell swoop, that verdict rejected decades of Madigan and his loyalists polishing the image of the once-mighty speaker as a politician above reproach, a statesman who never crossed the line, a lawyer with a personal code of conduct that kept him on the straight and narrow.
—Megan Crepeau, Chicago Tribune, 16 Feb. 2025
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Verb
An amateur astronomer noticed a string of data points in January that appeared to fit together, describing the orbit of a relatively small object that was swooping between the orbital paths of Earth and Mars.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN, 7 Feb. 2025
This development swings the door wide open for the Astros, Toronto Blue Jays, Boston Red Sox, and Detroit Tigers to swoop in and steal him.
—Kristan Hawkins, Newsweek, 6 Feb. 2025
Noun
However, in this case, the move makes sense as the iPhone 16e seems to be taking over the iPhone SE and iPhone 14 in one fell swoop and tightening up Apple's iPhone branding in the process.
—Joe Hindy, PCMAG, 19 Feb. 2025
In one fell swoop, that verdict rejected decades of Madigan and his loyalists polishing the image of the once-mighty speaker as a politician above reproach, a statesman who never crossed the line, a lawyer with a personal code of conduct that kept him on the straight and narrow.
—Megan Crepeau, Chicago Tribune, 16 Feb. 2025
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“Swoop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/swoop. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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swoop
1 of 2 verb
: to dive or pounce suddenly like a hawk on its prey
swoop
2 of 2 noun1
: an act or instance of swooping
2
: a single quickly effective effort
—often used with fell
solved everything at one fell swoop
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