SWOOP UP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does swoop up mean? 

• SWOOP UP (verb)
  The verb SWOOP UP has 1 sense:

1. seize or catch with a swooping motion

  Familiarity information: SWOOP UP used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SWOOP UP (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Seize or catch with a swooping motion

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

swoop; swoop up

Hypernyms (to "swoop up" is one way to...):

snap; snatch; snatch up (to grasp hastily or eagerly)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something