swoop

Meaning

Frequency

C2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈswuːp/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle English swopen, from Old English swāpan (“to sweep”). Doublet of swaip. See also sweep, which was probably the basis for analogical restoration of /w/ in this word.

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