swooping

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -uːpɪŋ

Verb

swooping

1. present participle of swoop

Noun

swooping (plural swoopings)

1. The motion of something that swoops.
   • Annie Finch

     I rarely dared to write there after dark, but once in a while, gripped by the need to type a fresh version of a certain passage, I would type by candle or kerosene lamp and be treated to their [bats'] swoopings through the room.

Adjective

swooping

1. That swoops or swoop.

   a swooping motion