Meaning of "swoop" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SWOOP

Old English swāpan to sweep; related to Old High German sweifan to swing around, Old Norse sveipa to throw.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF SWOOP

swoop  [swuːp]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SWOOP

Swoop is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb swoop in English.

WHAT DOES SWOOP MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Swoop

As a verb, swoop may mean: ▪ Attack swiftly in a military offensive ▪ Fly or glide downward, as in ▪ Fixed-wing aircraft flight ▪ Bird flight ▪ In Australia, a bird that attacks a person to defend its nest is said to swoop the person ▪ Bat flight ▪ Insect flight As a noun, swoop may mean: ▪ Swoop, several fictional characters in the Transformers series ▪ A swoop bike ▪ Swoop, A costumed mascot for various Universities, High schools, Colleges and the NFL Philadelphia Eagles. ▪ A nickname given to a Marine Corps helicopter pilot ▪ The Swoop, a novel by P. G. Wodehouse ▪ Swoop, Galaxian clone for Mac OS ▪ Swoop, Galaxian clone for 8-bit computers ▪ Swooping is a kind of canopy piloting In music, swoop may refer to: ▪ Swoop ▪ Swoop Swoops may refer to: ▪ Swoops, a candy manufactured by The Hershey Company ▪ SWOOPS, Solar Wind Observations Over the Poles of the Sun, an instrument aboard Ulysses...

Definition of swoop in the English dictionary

The first definition of swoop in the dictionary is to sweep or pounce suddenly. Other definition of swoop is to seize or scoop suddenly. Swoop is also the act of swooping.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO SWOOP

PRESENT

Present

I swoop

you swoop

he/she/it swoops

we swoop

you swoop

they swoop

Present continuous

I am swooping

you are swooping

he/she/it is swooping

we are swooping

you are swooping

they are swooping

Present perfect

I have swooped

you have swooped

he/she/it has swooped

we have swooped

you have swooped

they have swooped

Present perfect continuous

I have been swooping

you have been swooping

he/she/it has been swooping

we have been swooping

you have been swooping

they have been swooping

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I swooped

you swooped

he/she/it swooped

we swooped

you swooped

they swooped

Past continuous

I was swooping

you were swooping

he/she/it was swooping

we were swooping

you were swooping

they were swooping

Past perfect

I had swooped

you had swooped

he/she/it had swooped

we had swooped

you had swooped

they had swooped

Past perfect continuous

I had been swooping

you had been swooping

he/she/it had been swooping

we had been swooping

you had been swooping

they had been swooping

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will swoop

you will swoop

he/she/it will swoop

we will swoop

you will swoop

they will swoop

Future continuous

I will be swooping

you will be swooping

he/she/it will be swooping

we will be swooping

you will be swooping

they will be swooping

Future perfect

I will have swooped

you will have swooped

he/she/it will have swooped

we will have swooped

you will have swooped

they will have swooped

Future perfect continuous

I will have been swooping

you will have been swooping

he/she/it will have been swooping

we will have been swooping

you will have been swooping

they will have been swooping

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would swoop

you would swoop

he/she/it would swoop

we would swoop

you would swoop

they would swoop

Conditional continuous

I would be swooping

you would be swooping

he/she/it would be swooping

we would be swooping

you would be swooping

they would be swooping

Conditional perfect

I would have swoop

you would have swoop

he/she/it would have swoop

we would have swoop

you would have swoop

they would have swoop

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been swooping

you would have been swooping

he/she/it would have been swooping

we would have been swooping

you would have been swooping

they would have been swooping

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you swoop
we let´s swoop
you swoop

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to swoop

Past participle

swooped

Present Participle

swooping

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «SWOOP»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «swoop» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of swoop

assail · assault · attack · charge · descend · descent · dive · drop · lunge · nosedive · plummet · plunge · pounce · raid · rush · stoop · sweep

TRANSLATION OF SWOOP

Find out the translation of swoop to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of swoop from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «swoop» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 突袭
• Translator English - Spanish: hacer una redada
• English: swoop
• Translator English - Hindi: झपट्टा
• Translator English - Arabic: ضربة
• Translator English - Russian: наскок
• Translator English - Portuguese: precipitar-se
• Translator English - Bengali: পতিত হত্তয়া
• Translator English - French: faire une descente
• Translator English - Malay: Kecut
• Translator English - German: zuschlagen auf
• Translator English - Japanese: 急襲する
• Translator English - Korean: 급습하다
• Translator English - Javanese: Swoop
• Translator English - Vietnamese: đột kích
• Translator English - Tamil: திடீர்த்தாக்குதல்
• Translator English - Marathi: झटापट
• Translator English - Turkish: baskın
• Translator English - Italian: fare un blitz
• Translator English - Polish: nurkowanie
• Translator English - Ukrainian: наскок
• Translator English - Romanian: deviere
• Translator English - Greek: προσγειωνόμαστε
• Translator English - Afrikaans: ophef
• Translator English - Swedish: nedslag
• Translator English - Norwegian: razzia

8 QUOTES WITH «SWOOP»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word swoop.

1

Edwidge Danticat

Creating these messes that go from administration to administration and then you swoop in and clean them up - with that heroic Delta force - people not realizing that they were always there but doing different things than what we see them doing at the moment.

2

Tom Ford

My grandmother was probably the first person who I thought was beautiful. She was incredibly stylish, she had big hair, big cars. I was probably 3 years old, but she was like a cartoon character. She'd swoop into our lives with presents and boxes, and she always smelled great and looked great.

3

Lawrence Hargrave

And from a poise at this station the plane may swoop down, at great disadvantage if close to the back of the wave, at various slopes and directions till it cuts into the air that is being raised by the face of the following wave, which again enables it to resume its velocity.

4

Victoria Moran

The idea that somebody else is going to swoop down and play the fairy godmother role is pretty unlikely, so why not take care of yourself?

5

Oscar Niemeyer

Of course, I have given my engineers some headaches over the years, but they go with me. I have always wanted my buildings to be as light as possible, to touch the ground gently, to swoop and soar, and to surprise.

6

Joe Shuster

He was mostly leaping tall buildings in the beginning. There were cases where he would leap off a tall building or swoop down, and at that point he would look like he was flying, I suppose. It was just natural to draw him like that.

7

Sun Tzu

The quality of decision is like the well-timed swoop of a falcon which enables it to strike and destroy its victim.

8

Christine Vachon

Being on a set where the director has lost control is just sickening. No one goes the extra mile, there's a lot of eye-rolling... it just breeds inertia. If a director is in control, the crew follow their leader. But the second anyone senses the directors are not sure, people just swoop in.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SWOOP»

Discover the use of swoop in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to swoop and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

The Swoop!: Or How Clarence Saved England: A Tale of the ...

The Swoop! is an account of a fictionalized invasion of England by several enemy armies -- and of the indomitable Boy Scout leader who uses psychological warfare to turn the leaders of the invading forces against one another.

P. G. Wodehouse, 2011

One Fell Swoop: A Novel in Stories

As the novel progresses, the narrative spirals inward until the stories of those most intimately involved are ultimately revealed.

Virginia Boyd, Virginia Boyd, 2007

Swoop: Poems

A paean to excess, Swoop is a virtuosic and exhilarating debut.

Hailey Leithauser, 2013

The Swoop! Or How Clarence Saved England: A Tale of the ...

PART. TWO. Chapter. 1. IN. THE. BOY. SCOUTS'. CAMP. Night! Night in Aldwych ! In the centre of that vast tract of unreclaimed prairie known to Londoners as the Aldwych Site there shone feebly, seeming almost to emphasise the darkness ...

P. G. Wodehouse, 2009

Slither, Swoop, Swing

Depicts the different ways in which snakes, bats, monkeys and other kinds of animals move.

‎1996

Loop, Swoop, and Pull!

Stevie practices tying his shoes and receives the satisfaction of a job well done.

‎2005

Fat Bat and Swoop

Fat Bat and Swoop the owl play a trick on Emily the cow but end up getting some of their own medicine.

Leo Landry, 2005

The Swoop! Or How Clarence Saved England - From the Manor ...

Preface. It may be thought by some that in the pages which follow I have painted in too lurid colours the horrors of a foreign invasion of England. Realism in art, it may be argued, can be carried too far. I prefer to think that the majority of my ...

P. G. Wodehouse, 2008

The Swoop!

Alex's walk to school is disrupted by an attacking magpie.

Kathryn Sutherland, 2001

The Swoop! and the Military Invasion of America

Launched on the twenty-fifth anniversary of his death, this series presents each Overlook Wodehouse as the finest edition of the master’s work ever published—beautifully designed and faithful to the original.

P. G. Wodehouse, 2014

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SWOOP»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term swoop is used in the context of the following news items.

Liverpool Transfer News: Gourcuff swoop, Pedro shock move …

Talksport claim Brendan Rodgers is ready to swoop after the 29-year-old was released by Lyon at the end of last season. The playmaker could also be a target ... «Express.co.uk, Jul 15»

Everton in contact with Inter over Vidic swoop

After being beaten to Angelo Ogbonna by West Ham, Roberto Martinez turns to the former Manchester United star as a possible alternative at center back this ... «Goal.com, Jul 15»

Valencia completes Mina swoop

Celta Vigo forward Santi Mina has become the latest young player to switch to Valencia after agreeing to a six-year deal at Mestalla. Valencia has continued its ... «Goal.com, Jul 15»

Seagulls swoop for Akindayini

The 19-year-old has joined the club as a free agent and will initially link up with Albion's under-21 squad. Akindayini played the majority of 2014/15 with Spurs' ... «Eurosport.com ASIA, Jul 15»

Porto rule out Bartra swoop

FC Porto will not be pursuing the signing of Barcelona defender Marc Bartra during the summer transfer window. Reports in Portugal claimed the Portuguese ... «Eurosport.com, Jun 15»

Aston Villa transfer news: Villans 'plot £15m transfer swoop for …

Aston Villa are reportedly plotting a £15million transfer swoop for Leicester City star Jamie Vardy. The Villans are set for a squad overhaul this summer after ... «Metro, Jun 15»

Bayern Munich eyeing double swoop for Manchester United targets

Bayern Munich are eyeing up a double swoop for Torino pair Matteo ... United are set for a major blow with Bayern preparing a double swoop for the pair. «talkSPORT.com, Jun 15»

Arsenal transfer news and rumours: Gunners line up double swoop …

Arsenal are lining up a summer transfer swoop for Ligue 1 stars Nabil Fekir and Aymen Abdennour. The Gunners would reportedly have to spend £15 million to ... «Telegraph.co.uk, May 15»

Eight Bulgarians charged in swoop against Islamic State supporters

Six men were detained in a police swoop in the southern towns of Plovdiv, Pazardzhik and Asenovgrad after new evidence was found following Islamic ... «Reuters, Mar 15»

Tottenham line up Portuguese TRIPLE swoop to SHOCK Man Utd …

TOTTENHAM are lining up a triple swoop for Portugal-based stars Anderson Talisca, Eduardo Salvio and Rafa Silva, according to reports. By Ben Jefferson. «Express.co.uk, Mar 15»