Past tense of swoop
regular verb
The past tense of swoop is swooped. The past participle is also swooped.
Forms of swoop
| Base form (V1) | swoop /ˈswuːp/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | swooped |
| Past participle (V3) | swooped |
| Present participle | swooping |
| Third person singular | swoops |
Swooped in a sentence
- The lone eagle swooped down into the lake, snatching its prey, a small fish.
- The dog had enthusiastically swooped down on the bone.
- Jack Sinclair gratefully swooped and kicked a goal that cut the margin to five points.2015 May 10, Nathan Schmook, “Billings vs Bont”, in St Kilda Football Club. From the entry kill
- One of the servers swooped into the study and offered me a Death in the Afternoon.2015 March 20, Mimi Sebastian, The Necromancer's Redemption, ImaJinn Books, →ISBN. From the entry Death in the Afternoon
- A red-tailed hawk swooped down into a stand of prickly pears in a “wasty” moonscape.2013, Alex Shoumatoff, Legends of the American Desert. From the entry wasty
Meaning of swoop
- verb To fly or glide downwards suddenly; to plunge (in the air) or nosedive.
- verb To move swiftly, as if with a sweeping movement, especially to attack something.
- verb To fall on at once and seize; to catch while on the wing.
Questions about the past tense of swoop
- What is the past tense of swoop?
- The past tense of swoop is swooped.
- What is the past participle of swoop?
- The past participle of swoop is swooped.
- Is swoop a regular or irregular verb?
- Swoop is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: swoop (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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