- swoop, slide - (music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale; "the violinist was indulgent with his swoops and slides"
--1 is a kind of glissando
Derived form: verb swoop2 - swoop - a very rapid raid
--2 is a kind of foray, raid, maraud
Derived form: verb swoop3 - swoop - a swift descent through the air
--3 is a kind of descent
Derived form: verb swoop1
- pounce, swoop - move down on as if in an attack; "The raptor swooped down on its prey"; "The teacher swooped down upon the new students"
--1 is one way to descend, fall, go down, come down
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun swoop3
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
- swoop - move with a sweep, or in a swooping arc
--2 is one way to move
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun swoop1
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
- swoop, swoop up - seize or catch with a swooping motion
--3 is one way to snatch, snatch up, snap
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun swoop2
Somebody ----s something