| VERB | motion | swoop, pounce | move down on as if in an attack |
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| motion | swoop | move with a sweep, or in a swooping arc | |
| contact | swoop, swoop up | seize or catch with a swooping motion | |
| NOUN | communication | swoop, slide | (music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale |
| act | swoop | a very rapid raid | |
| act | swoop | a swift descent through the air |
| Sounds | swuw'p | |
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| Rhymes | coop ... whoop: 27 rhymes with uwp... | |
| Meaning | (music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale. | |
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| Example | "the violinist was indulgent with his swoops and slides" | |
| Synonym | slide | |
| Category | music | An artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner |
| Broader | glissando | A rapid series of ascending or descending notes on the musical scale |
| Verbs | swoop | move with a sweep, or in a swooping arc |
| Meaning | A very rapid raid. | |
|---|---|---|
| Broader | foray, raid, maraud | A sudden short attack |
| Spanish | embestida | |
| Catalan | envestida | |
| Verbs | swoop | seize or catch with a swooping motion |
| Meaning | A swift descent through the air. | |
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| Broader | descent | The act of changing your location in a downward direction |
| Catalan | descens | |
| Verbs | swoop | move down on as if in an attack |
| Meaning | Move down on as if in an attack. | |
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| Pattern | Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Examples |
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| Synonym | pounce | |
| Narrower | stoop | descend swiftly, as if on prey |
| Broader | descend, fall, go down, come down | Move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way |
| Spanish | abalanzarse | |
| Nouns | swoop | a swift descent through the air |
| Meaning | Move with a sweep, or in a swooping arc. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Broader | move | Move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion |
| Spanish | lanzarse en picado | |
| Nouns | swoop | (music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale |
| Meaning | seize or catch with a swooping motion. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonym | swoop up | |
| Broader | snatch, snatch up, snap | To grasp hastily or eagerly |
| Nouns | swoop | a very rapid raid |
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