All swoop synonyms
swoop
S s verb swoop
- deplane β to disembark from an aeroplane
- hasted β swiftness of motion; speed; celerity: He performed his task with great haste. They felt the need for haste.
- aviate β to pilot or fly in an aircraft
- cataracted β a descent of water over a steep surface; a waterfall, especially one of considerable size.
- descend β If you descend or if you descend a staircase, you move downwards from a higher to a lower level.
- go whole hog β Nautical. (of a hull) to have less than the proper amount of sheer because of structural weakness; arch. Compare sag (def 6a).
- careered β an occupation or profession, especially one requiring special training, followed as one's lifework: He sought a career as a lawyer.
- dive β to plunge into water, especially headfirst.
- knock over β to strike a sounding blow with the fist, knuckles, or anything hard, especially on a door, window, or the like, as in seeking admittance, calling attention, or giving a signal: to knock on the door before entering.
- fly β to move through the air using wings.
- whoosh β a loud, rushing noise, as of air or water: a great whoosh as the door opened.
- cave in β If something such as a roof or a ceiling caves in, it collapses inwards.
- winging β either of the two forelimbs of most birds and of bats, corresponding to the human arms, that are specialized for flight.
- hasting β swiftness of motion; speed; celerity: He performed his task with great haste. They felt the need for haste.
- breached β the act or a result of breaking; break or rupture.
- careering β an occupation or profession, especially one requiring special training, followed as one's lifework: He sought a career as a lawyer.
- forayed β a quick, sudden attack: The defenders made a foray outside the walls.
- belly-flop β to do a belly flop, as in diving or sledding.
- fleeted β swift; rapid: to be fleet of foot; a fleet horse.
- guttering β a channel at the side or in the middle of a road or street, for leading off surface water.
- dip β to plunge (something, as a cloth or sponge) temporarily into a liquid, so as to moisten it, dye it, or cause it to take up some of the liquid: He dipped the brush into the paint bucket.
- breaching β the act or a result of breaking; break or rupture.
- flit β to move lightly and swiftly; fly, dart, or skim along: bees flitting from flower to flower.
- detrain β to leave or cause to leave a railway train, as passengers, etc
- blockaded β the isolating, closing off, or surrounding of a place, as a port, harbor, or city, by hostile ships or troops to prevent entrance or exit.
- foraying β a quick raid, usually for the purpose of taking plunder: Vikings made a foray on the port.
- detraining β to alight from a railway train; arrive by train.
- race β Cape, a cape at the SE extremity of Newfoundland.
- lean on β to incline or bend from a vertical position: She leaned out the window.
- flitter β a fritter or pancake.
noun swoop
- heist β a robbery or holdup: Four men were involved in the armored car heist.
- descent β A descent is a movement from a higher to a lower level or position.
- nosedive β a plunge of an aircraft with the forward part pointing downward.
- drop-off β a vertical or very steep descent: The trail has a drop-off of several hundred feet.
- cave-in β a collapse, as of anything hollow: the worst cave-in in the history of mining.
- cavein β a hollow in the earth, especially one opening more or less horizontally into a hill, mountain, etc.
- header β the upper part of the body in humans, joined to the trunk by the neck, containing the brain, eyes, ears, nose, and mouth.