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Look up: swoop

  1. Swoop
    1) To dive down to a formation or individual in freefall. 2) To aggressively approach the landing area in order to produce a long, flat flare and an exciting landing
    Found on http://www.dropzone.com/safety/resources

  2. swoop
    [n] - (music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale 2. [n] - a very rapid raid 3. [n] - a swift descent through the air 4. [v] - move with a sweep, or in a swooping arc 5. [v] - seize or catch with a swooping motion
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  3. Swoop
    Swoop transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Swooped ; present participle & verbal noun Swooping .] [ Middle English swopen , usually, to sweep, As. swāpan to s...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/260

  4. Swoop
    Swoop intransitive verb 1. To descend with closed wings from a height upon prey, as a hawk; to stoop. 2. To pass with pomp; to sweep. [ Obsolete] Drayton.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/260

  5. Swoop
    Swoop noun A falling on and seizing, as the prey of a rapacious bird; the act of swooping. « The eagle fell, . . . and carried away a whole litter of cubs at a swoop L'Estrange.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/260

  6. swoop
    slide noun (music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale; `the violinist was indulgent with his swoops and slides`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  7. swoop
    noun a swift descent through the air
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  8. Swoop
    • (n.) To fall on at once and seize; to catch while on the wing; as, a hawk swoops a chicken. • (v. i.) To descend with closed wings from a height upon prey, as a hawk; to swoop. • (n.) To seize; to catch up; to take with a sweep. • (v. i.) To pass with pomp; to sweep. • (n....
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  9. swoop
    • rapid sliding up or down the musical scale
    • a very rapid raid
    • a swift descent through the air

    Found on

  10. Swoop
    Swoop is Black-American slang for to leave quickly
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  11. Swoop
    Swoop is Black-American slang for to leave quickly
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  12. Swoop
    (mascot) The mascot `Swoop` is used to represent various sports organizations in the United States. One of the most notable mascot`s named Swoop is used by the NFL Football team the Philadelphia Eagles. Various American universities use the name Swoop as their athletic program mascots. The &q...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swoop

  13. Swoop
    (Transformers) `Swoop` is the name of several fictional characters in the Transformers fictional series and toy line. He was first introduced in 1985 and was voiced by Michael Bell in the animated The Transformers series. Transformers: Generation 1: Swoop (Swarp in Japan, Assaillo in F...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swoop

  14. Swoop
    (Belgian band) `Swoop` is a Belgian party band, with `Filip D`haeze` as lead singer. It was formed in 2001 and continued until 2006. Additional members included Iris Maschelein, Kim Gyselinck, Nathalie Taling. They were signed to RELI Records and starting 2005 ARS Entertainment. The band was ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swoop

  15. Swoop
    (Australian band) `Swoop` was an Australian seven-piece rock, funk and disco band established in the late 1980s by Joshua Beagley and Roland Kapferer. Lead singer Fiona Ta`akimoeaka joined in as well as drummer Calvin Welch, keyboard player Tetsushi. They were most famous in 1994 and 1995. Th...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swoop



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11 February 2012

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On 11th February, 1858, a 14 year old French peasant girl, Bernadette Soubirous claimed to have seen visions of the Virgin Mary at her native Lourdes. She also revealed that the waters of a spring near a grotto in Lourdes had been given healing powers by the Virgin. Eventually, the Roman Catholic church decided that the visions were authentic. Franz Werfel wrote the novel, Song of Bernadette, based on the story of Bernadette's visions. read more

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