swoops

Meanings

Noun

• (music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale
  • "the violinist was indulgent with his swoops and slides"
• a very rapid raid
• a swift descent through the air
• plural of swoop

Verb

• move down on as if in an attack
• move with a sweep, or in a swooping arc
• seize or catch with a swooping motion
• third-person singular simple present indicative of swoop

Synonyms

pounce, slide, swoop, swoop up