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swoops

swoops is the plural of swoop.

swoops is the third-person singular simple present indicative of swoop.

Meaning of swoop

Noun

swoop (plural swoops)

  1. An instance, or the act of suddenly plunging downward.
    • The quality of decision is like the well-timed swoop of a falcon which enables it to strike and destroy its victim. – Sun Tzu
  2. A sudden act of seizing.
    • Fortune's a right whore. If she give ought, she deals it in small parcels, that she may take away all at one swoop.1612, John Webster, The White Devil
  3. A quick passage from one note to the next.
    • Originally, computers' attempts at making music were recognizable by their beeps and boops and weird swoops.2008, Russell Dean Vines, Composing Digital Music For Dummies, page 281
  4. (collective) A group of swallows or other birds.
    • an entire swoop of swallows plunges into a breach in time, so they can get across the pass at just the right moment.2022, Baptiste Morizot, Ways of Being Alive, Polity Press

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Questions about swoops

What is swoops the plural of?
Swoops is the plural of swoop.

Words near swoops in the dictionary

  1. swooping
  2. swooping season
  3. swooping seasons
  4. swoopingly
  5. swoopings
  6. swoops
  7. swoopstake
  8. swoopstakes
  9. swoopy
  10. swoord
  11. swoorde

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