swoop

To move in a sudden sweep.

To make a rush or an attack with a sudden sweeping movement. Often used with down.

To seize or snatch in a sudden sweeping movement.

The act or an instance of swooping.

To move along with a rush; sweep; pass with pomp.

To descend upon, or as if upon, prey suddenly from a height, as a hawk; stoop.

To fall on at once and seize; dash upon and seize while on the wing: often with up: as, a hawk swoops a chicken; a kite swoops up a mouse.

To seize; catch up; take with a sweep.

The sudden pouncing of a rapacious bird on its prey; a falling on and seizing, as of a bird on its prey; hence, a sudden descent, as of a body of troops; a sweeping movement.

To descend with closed wings from a height upon prey, as a hawk; to stoop.