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swooping
We have found lemma(root) word of swooping : swoop.
Definitions
[swuːp], (Verb)
Definitions:
- (especially of a bird) move rapidly downwards through the air
(e.g: the barn owl can swoop down on a mouse in total darkness)
- seize with a swooping motion
(e.g: she swooped up the hen in her arms)
Phrases:
Origin
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mid 16th century (in the sense ‘sweep along in a stately manner’): perhaps a dialect variant of Old English swāpan (see sweep). The early sense of the noun was ‘a blow, stroke’
[swuːp], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a swooping or snatching movement or action
(e.g: four members were arrested following a swoop by detectives on their homes)
Phrases:
Origin
:
mid 16th century (in the sense ‘sweep along in a stately manner’): perhaps a dialect variant of Old English swāpan (see sweep). The early sense of the noun was ‘a blow, stroke’
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