vi to pass with pomp; to sweep.
2. swoop ·noun to seize; to catch up; to take with a sweep.
3. swoop ·vi to descend with closed wings from a height upon prey, as a hawk; to swoop.
4. swoop ·noun to fall on at once and seize; to catch while on the wing; as, a hawk swoops a chicken.
5. swoop ·noun a falling on and seizing, as the prey of a rapacious bird; the act of swooping.