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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Michael Kan, PCMAG, 21 Mar. 2025
Interest rates are also falling, but for an undesirable reason: investors are assuming the Federal Reserve will need to swoop in soon to try to aggressively rescue a falling economy with future interest rate cuts.
—Josh Bivens, TIME, 20 Mar. 2025
Claire Sullivan, WWD, 24 Mar. 2025
Spain is rife with world-class dining establishments and centuries-old landmarks, but to experience both concepts in one fell swoop, Burgos is an ideal destination.
—Jared Ranahan, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025
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Verb
As a result, a hacker was able to swoop in, buy the domain, and host malware over a look-alike site.
—Michael Kan, PCMAG, 21 Mar. 2025
Interest rates are also falling, but for an undesirable reason: investors are assuming the Federal Reserve will need to swoop in soon to try to aggressively rescue a falling economy with future interest rate cuts.
—Josh Bivens, TIME, 20 Mar. 2025
Noun
Dieux’s under-eye patches are a new mandatory step in my getting-ready routine — cleaning up excess eyeshadow and deleting dark circles in one fell swoop.
—Claire Sullivan, WWD, 24 Mar. 2025
Spain is rife with world-class dining establishments and centuries-old landmarks, but to experience both concepts in one fell swoop, Burgos is an ideal destination.
—Jared Ranahan, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025
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“Swoop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/swoop. Accessed 31 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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