Found 3 items, similar to swoop.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: swoop sambaran
English → English (WordNet) Definition: swoop swoop n 1: (music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale; “the violinist was indulgent with his swoops and slides” [syn: slide] 2: a very rapid raid 3: a swift descent through the air swoop v 1: move down on as if in an attack; “The raptor swooped down on its prey”; “The teacher swooped down upon the new students” [syn: pounce] 2: move with a sweep, or in a swooping arc 3: seize or catch with a swooping motion [syn: swoop up]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Swoop Swoop \Swoop\, v. i. 1. To descend with closed wings from a height upon prey, as a hawk; to stoop. [1913 Webster] 2. To pass with pomp; to sweep. [Obs.] --Drayton. [1913 Webster] Swoop \Swoop\, n. A falling on and seizing, as the prey of a rapacious bird; the act of swooping. [1913 Webster] The eagle fell, . . . and carried away a whole litter of cubs at a swoop. --L'Estrange. [1913 Webster] Swoop \Swoop\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Swooped; p. pr. & vb. n. Swooping.] [OE. swopen, usually, to sweep, As. sw[=a]pan to sweep, to rush; akin to G. schweifen to rove, to ramble, to curve, OHG. sweifan to whirl, Icel. sveipa to sweep; also to AS. sw[=i]fan to move quickly. Cf. Sweep, Swift, a. & n., Swipe, Swivel.] 1. To fall on at once and seize; to catch while on the wing; as, a hawk swoops a chicken. [1913 Webster] 2. To seize; to catch up; to take with a sweep. [1913 Webster] And now at last you came to swoop it all. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] The grazing ox which swoops it [the medicinal herb] in with the common grass. --Glanvill. [1913 Webster]