Clues for the word "SWOOP"
We've had 60 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 80 times in crosswords. It was last seen in LA Times crossword on July 15, 2025.
Definition of swoop
- n. - To fall on at once and seize; to catch while on the wing; as, a hawk swoops a chicken.
- n. - To seize; to catch up; to take with a sweep.
- v. i. - To descend with closed wings from a height upon prey, as a hawk; to swoop.
- v. i. - To pass with pomp; to sweep.
- n. - A falling on and seizing, as the prey of a rapacious bird; the act of swooping.
Referring Clues
- Plunge suddenly
- Hawk's descent
- Eagle's descent
- Attack like an eagle
- Hawk's descent
- SWAT operation
- Attack like a hawk
- One fell ___
- Fly like an eagle
- Dive like an eagle
- Descend dramatically
- Dive like a hawk
- Bird of prey's dip
- Zoom down
- Attack from above
- Come down hard
- Dive like an owl
- Move like a hawk
- Plunge like an eagle
- What hawks do
- Dive through the air
- Dive dramatically
- Kestrel's Dive
- Hawks descent
- Drop like a roc?
- Maraud
- Dive
- Nose dive(5)
- Downward arc
- Pounce down
- Swift descent
- Descend rapidly
- Descend like an eagle
- Descend suddenly
- What birds of prey do
- In one fell ___
- Fly down suddenly
- Plunge
- Zoom down, as a bird
- Dive or rush with some speed around the court!
- Come down and get nothing in exchange
- Descend suddenly (on)
- Falcon's attack
- Eagle's attack
- Emulate an eagle
- Pounce
- Fly like a hawk
- Attack like a raptor
- Eagle's dip
- Plunge suddenly, as a hawk
- Diving action
- Descend like a 39-Down
- Eagle's sudden move
- Plummet
- Fly in for the kill, say
- Come down and make an exchange out of love
- Dramatic descent
- Dive like a bird
- Nosedive
- Word after one fell?
Last Seen In
- LA Times - July 15, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - June 17, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - March 01, 2025
- New York Times - December 12, 2024
- Family Time - October 21, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - August 22, 2024
- USA Today - May 25, 2024
- LA Times - December 03, 2023
- LA Times - September 07, 2023
- Evening Standard Cryptic - August 23, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - May 21, 2023
- New York Times - May 11, 2023
- USA Today - April 06, 2023
- Evening Standard Cryptic - April 06, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - February 10, 2023
- New York Times - January 08, 2018
- Penny Dell Daily - October 24, 2017
- Wall Street Journal - September 30, 2017
- Penny Dell Daily - September 11, 2017
- Penny Dell Daily - September 10, 2017
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - July 17, 2017
- USA Today - May 18, 2017
- Evening Standard Cryptic - March 13, 2017
- New York Times - October 18, 2016
- Evening Standard Cryptic - June 16, 2016
- LA Times - November 08, 2015
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - September 15, 2015
- Universal - September 08, 2015
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - August 29, 2014
- Washington Post - November 19, 2013
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