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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Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 12 Dec. 2025
Then Netflix swooped in and sealed an $83B deal for WB’s streaming and studio holdings before Ellison came roaring back with a $108 billion hostile tender offer for all of WBD, possibly triggering a new bidding war.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 10 Dec. 2025
Jolene Edgar, Allure, 11 Dec. 2025
In one swoop, Atropia satirizes the military, the media and Hollywood, and while the film has comedy at its core, there’s a pain and a poetry behind the absurdity.
—Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2025
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Verb
And right on cue, the camera crew comes swooping in.
—Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 12 Dec. 2025
Then Netflix swooped in and sealed an $83B deal for WB’s streaming and studio holdings before Ellison came roaring back with a $108 billion hostile tender offer for all of WBD, possibly triggering a new bidding war.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 10 Dec. 2025
Noun
In some practices, the standard hip-to-hip tummy tuck is taking a backseat to extended and circumferential versions of the procedure, which sculpt the entire torso in one fell swoop.
—Jolene Edgar, Allure, 11 Dec. 2025
In one swoop, Atropia satirizes the military, the media and Hollywood, and while the film has comedy at its core, there’s a pain and a poetry behind the absurdity.
—Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2025
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“Swoop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/swoop. Accessed 15 Dec. 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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