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verb (used without object)
1.
to sweep through the air, as a bird or a bat, especially down upon prey.
2.
to come down upon something in a sudden, swift attack (often followed by down and on or upon ): The army swooped down on the town.
verb (used with object)
3.
to take, lift, scoop up, or remove with or as with one sweeping motion (often followed by up, away, or off ): He swooped her up in his arms.
noun
Idioms 4.
an act or instance of swooping; a sudden, swift descent.
5.
at/in one fell swoop, all at once or all together, as if by one blow: The quake flattened the houses at one fell swoop.
Origin:
1535–45; variant (with close ō) of Middle English swopen, Old English swāpan to sweep1; cognate with German schweifen
1535–45; variant (with close ō) of Middle English swopen, Old English swāpan to sweep1; cognate with German schweifen
Synonyms
4. dive, plunge, sweep, drop.
4. dive, plunge, sweep, drop.
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| —vb | |
| 1. | (intr; |
| 2. | (tr; |
| —n | |
| 3. | the act of swooping |
| 4. | a swift descent |
| [Old English swāpan to sweep; related to Old High German sweifan to swing around, Old Norse sveipa to throw] | |
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Word Origin & History
swoop
1566, "to move or walk in a stately manner," apparently from a fial. survival of O.E. swapan "to sweep, brandish, dash," from P.Gmc. *swaipanan, from PIE base *swei- "to swing, bend, to turn." Meaning "pounce upon with a sweeping movement" first recorded 1638. Spelling with -oo- may have been influenced
by Scot. and northern England dial. soop "to sweep," from O.N. sopa "to sweep." The noun is attested from 1544. Phrase one fell swoop is from Shakespeare.
"Oh, Hell-Kite! All? What, All my pretty Chickens, and their Damme, At one fell swoope?" ["Macbeth," IV.iii.219]
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