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Antonyms for swoop

Grammar : Verb
Spell : swoop
Phonetic Transcription : swup

Definition of swoop

Origin :
  • 1560s, "to move or walk in a stately manner," apparently from a dialectal survival of Old English swapan "to sweep, brandish, dash," from Proto-Germanic *swaipanan, from PIE root *swei- "to swing, bend, to turn." Meaning "pounce upon with a sweeping movement" first recorded 1630s. Spelling with -oo- may have been influenced by Scottish and northern England dialectal soop "to sweep," from Old Norse sopa "to sweep." Related: Swooped; swooping.
  • verb descend quickly
Example sentences :
  • The Mercutians were almost directly overhead now, preparing to swoop.
  • Extract from : « Slaves of Mercury » by Nat Schachner
  • So the swoop of the squall took them completely by surprise.
  • Extract from : « Fair Harbor » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
  • His right hand seemed to hang on the instant for the swoop to his gun.
  • Extract from : « The Coyote » by James Roberts
  • With a swoop upwards instead of a swoop downwards, as you say.
  • Extract from : « With The Night Mail » by Rudyard Kipling
  • Like a falcon on its perch, he awaited the opportunity to swoop on the quarry.
  • Extract from : « Charles Carleton Coffin » by William Elliot Griffis, D. D.
  • But she sprang from bed before depression could swoop down upon her.
  • Extract from : « Elsie Marley, Honey » by Joslyn Gray
  • Some ravenous water-fowl, might swoop, and pick his eyes out with iron beak.
  • Extract from : « The Wedding Ring » by T. De Witt Talmage
  • Their eyes were not yet quick enough to tell them when to swoop.
  • Extract from : « Wood Folk at School » by William J. Long
  • I have never yet seen her swoop or strike after the manner of other hawks.
  • Extract from : « The Wit of a Duck and Other Papers » by John Burroughs
  • I went down it with a swoop, landed in a heap beside the kiosk and ducked into it.
  • Extract from : « Wandl the Invader » by Raymond King Cummings

Synonyms for swoop

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