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 Swoop v. t. [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.   --Dryden.
    The grazing ox which swoops it [the medicinal herb] in with the common grass.   --Glanvill.