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.
Recent Examples on the Web
Anh Do, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2024
Following up from its earlier MIPCOM deal for Paris Has Fallen, the Disney streamer swooped to buy rights to the Matchbox Pictures psychological crime drama from All3Media International and will debut all six episodes later this year.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 22 Oct. 2024
Rhett Buttle, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
The complex is derived from Japanese superfoods like green tea, rice, and algae to hydrate, resurface, and plump your skin—all in one fell swoop.
—Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 14 Oct. 2024
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Verb
But unusually, danceable beats and hypnotic synths invade the archival footage of the final days of Saigon, when the U.S. government swooped in to resettle more than 120,000 refugees airlifted to military bases in 1975, rescuing them after bloodshed that left lives still ravaged today.
—Anh Do, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2024
Following up from its earlier MIPCOM deal for Paris Has Fallen, the Disney streamer swooped to buy rights to the Matchbox Pictures psychological crime drama from All3Media International and will debut all six episodes later this year.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 22 Oct. 2024
Noun
While this dilemma cannot be solved overnight or in one fell swoop, this plan lays a foundation for creating a small business ecosystem that everyone can access.
—Rhett Buttle, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
The complex is derived from Japanese superfoods like green tea, rice, and algae to hydrate, resurface, and plump your skin—all in one fell swoop.
—Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 14 Oct. 2024
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“Swoop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/swoop. Accessed 4 Nov. 2024.
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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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