[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

swoop \swoop\, v. t. imp.  p. p. swooped; p. pr.  vb. n.
   swooping. oe. swopen, usually, to sweep, as. sw=apan to
   sweep, to rush; akin to g. schweifen to rove, to ramble, to
   curve, ohg. sweifan to whirl, icel. sveipa to sweep; also to
   as. swimacfan to move quickly. cf. sweep, swift, a. 
   n., swipe, swivel.
   1. to fall on at once and seize; to catch while on the wing;
      as, a hawk swoops a chicken.
      1913 webster

   2. to seize; to catch up; to take with a sweep.
      1913 webster

            and now at last you came to swoop it all. --dryden.
      1913 webster

            the grazing ox which swoops it the medicinal herb
            in with the common grass.             --glanvill.
      1913 webster
see also:
swooped swooping sweep swift swipe swivel 

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