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Nouns (4)

swoop

n. a very rapid raid

swoop

n. a swift descent through the air

swoop, slide

n. (music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale; "the violinist was indulgent with his swoops and slides"

Verbs (5)

swoop

v. move with a sweep, or in a swooping arc

swoop, swoop up

v. seize or catch with a swooping motion

pounce, swoop

v. move down on as if in an attack; "The raptor swooped down on its prey"; "The teacher swooped down upon the new students"

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Fuzzynyms (5)

jump, leap, jump off

v. jump down from an elevated point; "the parachutist didn't want to jump"; "every year, hundreds of people jump off the Golden Gate bridge"; "the widow leapt into the funeral pyre"

derail, jump

v. run off or leave the rails; "the train derailed because a cow was standing on the tracks"

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