āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
to swoop
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āĻāĻžāĻāĻĒāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž, āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻā§ āĻ¨āĻžāĻŽāĻž
to move quickly and suddenly downward through the air
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
A hawk swooped over the field in search of food.
āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻ āĻāĻžāĻĻā§āĻ¯ā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§ āĻŽāĻžāĻ ā§āĻ° āĻāĻĒāĻ° āĻĻāĻŋā§ā§ āĻāĻžāĻāĻĒāĻŋā§ā§ āĻĒā§āĻ˛āĨ¤
02
āĻāĻā§āĻ°āĻŽāĻŖ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻāĻžāĻāĻĒāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž
to quickly and unexpectedly attack a group or place to surround and capture them
Transitive: to swoop on sb/sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Intelligence agencies executed a covert operation, swooping on a known terrorist cell.
āĻā§āĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻž āĻ¸āĻāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻĒāĻ¨ āĻ
āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻļāĻ¨ āĻāĻžāĻ˛āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ, āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¸ā§ āĻ¸ā§āĻ˛ā§ āĻšāĻžāĻŽāĻ˛āĻž āĻāĻžāĻ˛āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤
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āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž, āĻāĻ āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻ¨ā§āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
to give someone a ride or to pick someone up in a vehicle
Slang
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
He swooped me to the airport this morning.
āĻ¸ā§ āĻāĻ āĻ¸āĻāĻžāĻ˛ā§ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻ¨āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻ°ā§ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻā§āĻ˛āĨ¤
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āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤ āĻĒāĻŋāĻāĻ˛ā§ āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž, āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤ āĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻ¨ā§āĻĄā§
(music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale
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āĻāĻžāĻāĻĒ, āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻā§ āĻ¨āĻžāĻŽāĻž
a rapid and sudden drop from the sky
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
During the airshow, the stunt pilot performed a daring swoop maneuver over the crowd.
āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ°āĻļā§ āĻāĻ˛āĻžāĻāĻžāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨, āĻ¸ā§āĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ āĻĒāĻžāĻāĻ˛āĻ āĻāĻ¨āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻĒāĻ° āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻžāĻšāĻ¸ā§ āĻāĻžāĻāĻĒ āĻŽā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
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āĻšāĻžāĻŽāĻ˛āĻž, āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤ āĻšāĻžāĻŽāĻ˛āĻž
a very rapid raid
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
