To fall on at once and seize; to catch while on the wing; as, a hawk swoops a chicken; a kite swoops up a mouse.

To seize; to catchup; to take with a sweep.

To pass with violence.

To pass with pomp.

A falling on and seizing, as of a rapacious fowl on his prey. The eagle fell--and carried away a whole litter of cubs at a swoop.