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swoop

/sˈwuːp/SWOOP
/sˈwup/SWOOP

Meaningto sweep along, rush

Common meaning: move rapidly downward through the air

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√SWAP‘move swiftly, cast, throw, strew’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 455, p. 746 · scan
  2. Old Englishswdpan‘to sweep along, rush’source
  3. Middle Englishswopen‘sweep along’source
  4. Englishmeaning shiftssweep along → move rapidly downward through the airswoop‘move rapidly downward through the air’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Old English swdpan ‘to sweep along, rush’.

Roots

  • swdpan Old English “to sweep along, rush”

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