swooped; swooping; swoops
: to move with a sweep
: to gain or carry off in or as if in a swoop
—usually used with up
swooper
noun
1
: an act or instance of swooping
2
: a single concentrated and quickly effective effort
was done in one swoop
—often used with fellsolved everything at one fell swoop
Examples of swoop in a Sentence
Verb
The police swooped in and captured the criminals.
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Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 27 June 2025
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Cory Mull, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
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Verb
When Player 203 and Player 353 start fighting, Myung-gi swoops in with a different idea.
—Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 27 June 2025
Wall Street hedge funds are swooping in to buy possible insurance claims tied to California’s Eaton fire, a move that has rattled state officials and raised ethical concerns about profiting from catastrophes.
—Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 24 June 2025
Noun
With just about $2.8 billion dollars in back payments to be paid to former athletes since 2016 and an annual revenue-sharing cap up to $20.5 million dollars accessible to Division I college athletes starting on July 1, the future of college sports changed in one fell swoop.
—Cory Mull, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
After the Park District was awarded a $2.8 million state grant for the renovations, officials decided to finish the whole project in one fell swoop, Leiner said.
—Phil Rockrohr, Chicago Tribune, 24 June 2025
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“Swoop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/swoop. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.
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swoop
1 of 2 verb
: to dive or pounce suddenly like a hawk on its prey
swoop
2 of 2 noun1
: an act or instance of swooping
2
: a single quickly effective effort
—often used with fell
solved everything at one fell swoop
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