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Webster 1913 Edition

Swoop

Swoop

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Swooped
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Swooping
.]
[OE.
swopen
, usually, to sweep, As.
swāpan
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.
swīfan
to move quickly. Cf.
Sweep
,
Swift
,
Adj.
&
Noun.
,
Swipe
,
Swivel
.]
1.
To fall on at once and seize; to catch while on the wing;
as, a hawk
swoops
a chicken
.
2.
To seize; to catch up; to take with a sweep.
And now at last you came to
swoop
it all.
Dryden.
The grazing ox which
swoops
it [the medicinal herb] in with the common grass.
Glanvill.

Swoop

,
Verb.
I.
1.
To descend with closed wings from a height upon prey, as a hawk; to stoop.
2.
To pass with pomp; to sweep.
[Obs.]
Drayton.

Swoop

,
Noun.
A falling on and seizing, as the prey of a rapacious bird; the act of swooping.
The eagle fell, . . . and carried away a whole litter of cubs at a
swoop
.
L’Estrange.

Webster 1828 Edition

Swoop

SWOOP

,
Verb.
T.
[This is probably from sweep, or the same root.]
1.
To fall on at once and seize; to catch while on the wing; as, a hawk swoops a chicken; a kite swoops up a mouse.
2.
To seize; to catchup; to take with a sweep.
3.
To pass with violence.

SWOOP

,
Verb.
I.
To pass with pomp.

SWOOP

,
Noun.
A falling on and seizing, as of a rapacious fowl on his prey.
The eagle fell--and carried away a whole litter of cubs at a swoop.

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