Princeton's WordNet
swoop, slide(noun)
(music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale
Synonyms:
slide, playground slide, swoop, sloping trough, lantern slide, slideway, sliding board, coast, chute, microscope slide, glideswoop(noun)
a very rapid raid
Synonyms:
slideswoop(verb)
a swift descent through the air
Synonyms:
slidepounce, swoop(verb)
move down on as if in an attack
Synonyms:
pounce, swoop, swoop upswoop(verb)
move with a sweep, or in a swooping arc
Synonyms:
pounce, swoop upswoop, swoop up(verb)
seize or catch with a swooping motion
Synonyms:
pounce, swoop, swoop up
Dictionary of English Synonymes
swoop(v. a.)
Synonyms:
seize (as a hawk its prey), clutch, catch up, pounce uponswoop(v. n.)
Synonyms:
stoop, descend, come down, bear downswoop(n.)
Synonyms:
clutch, seizureswoop(n.)
Synonyms:
stoop, descent
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