Swoop /(?)/

imp. & p. p. Swooped; p. pr. & vb. n. Swooping

1. To fall on at once and seize; to catch while on the wing; as, a hawk swoops a chicken.
2. To seize; to catch up; to take with a sweep.

   And now at last you came to swoop it all.

   The grazing ox which swoops it [the medicinal herb] in with the common grass.

1. To descend with closed wings from a height upon prey, as a hawk; to stoop.
2. To pass with pomp; to sweep. [Obs.]

1. A falling on and seizing, as the prey of a rapacious bird; the act of swooping.

   The eagle fell, . . . and carried away a whole litter of cubs at a swoop.