swooping

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swooping^¹

Rhymes with -uːpɪŋ

verb

gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of swoop

swooping^²

noun swoopings

countable, uncountable The motion of something that swoops. I rarely dared to write there after dark, but once in a while, gripped by the need to type a fresh version of a certain passage, I would type by candle or kerosene lamp and be treated to their [bats'] swoopings through the room.
countable, uncountable A high-speed landing technique in skydiving.

adjective

That swoops or swoop. With a huge rush of wind a swooping eagle dropped from out of the night sky.

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@misc{swooping_2026,
  title = {swooping},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/swooping},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}