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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Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2026
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Bethy Squires, Vulture, 6 May 2026
Wallace, who has a swoop of blond hair and a bright smile, decided to post about him.
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Verb
The Atlanta Hawks swooped in to hire Graham as their senior vice president of basketball operations in 2025, announcing his arrival as a new top executive in the NBA.
—Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2026
Pratt is portrayed as Batman in the video, swooping in to save the day.
—Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2026
Noun
Despite the initial hurdles, Hale persevered in a house full of toxic haters and fought her way back from the very bottom of the pecking order to become the first Black woman to win Big Brother and the show’s America’s Favorite Player award in one fell swoop.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 6 May 2026
Wallace, who has a swoop of blond hair and a bright smile, decided to post about him.
—Jessica Camille Aguirre, New Yorker, 2 May 2026
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“Swoop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/swoop. Accessed 8 May. 2026.
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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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