| Noun | 1. | swoop - (music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale; "the violinist was indulgent with his swoops and slides"glissando - a rapid series of ascending or descending notes on the musical scale music - an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner | |
| 2. | swoop - a very rapid raid | |
| 3. | swoop - a swift descent through the airdescent - the act of changing your location in a downward direction | |
| Verb | 1. | swoop - move down on as if in an attack; "The raptor swooped down on its prey"; "The teacher swooped down upon the new students"come down, descend, go down, fall - move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way; "The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again" stoop - descend swiftly, as if on prey; "The eagle stooped on the mice in the field" | |
| 2. | swoop - move with a sweep, or in a swooping arcmove - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" | |
| 3. | swoop - seize or catch with a swooping motionsnatch, snatch up, snap - to grasp hastily or eagerly; "Before I could stop him the dog snatched the ham bone" | |