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swoop

English

  1. 🔊 a swift descent through the air
  2. 🔊 a very rapid raid
  3. 🔊 (music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale
    “the violinist was indulgent with his swoops and slides”
  4. 🔊 seize or catch with a swooping motion
  5. 🔊 move with a sweep, or in a swooping arc
  6. 🔊 move down on as if in an attack
    “The raptor swooped down on its prey”

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