[swuːp], (Verb)

Definitions:
- (especially of a bird) move rapidly downwards through the air
(e.g: the barn owl can swoop down on a mouse in total darkness)

- seize with a swooping motion
(e.g: she swooped up the hen in her arms)


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 16th century (in the sense ‘sweep along in a stately manner’): perhaps a dialect variant of Old English swāpan (see sweep). The early sense of the noun was ‘a blow, stroke’

[swuːp], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a swooping or snatching movement or action
(e.g: four members were arrested following a swoop by detectives on their homes)


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 16th century (in the sense ‘sweep along in a stately manner’): perhaps a dialect variant of Old English swāpan (see sweep). The early sense of the noun was ‘a blow, stroke’