Swoop
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As a verb, swoop may mean:
As a noun, swoop may mean:
In music, swoop may refer to:
Swoops may refer to:
- Attack swiftly in a military offensiveOffensive (military)An offensive is a military operation that seeks through aggressive projection of armed force to occupy territory, gain an objective or achieve some larger strategic, operational or tactical goal...
- Fly or glide downward, as in
- Fixed-wing aircraftFixed-wing aircraftA fixed-wing aircraft is an aircraft capable of flight using wings that generate lift due to the vehicle's forward airspeed. Fixed-wing aircraft are distinct from rotary-wing aircraft in which wings rotate about a fixed mast and ornithopters in which lift is generated by flapping wings.A powered...
flight - Bird flightBird flightFlight is the main mode of locomotion used by most of the world's bird species. Flight assists birds while feeding, breeding and avoiding predators....
- In Australia, a bird that attacks a person to defend its nest is said to swoop the person
- BatBatBats are mammals of the order Chiroptera "hand" and pteron "wing") whose forelimbs form webbed wings, making them the only mammals naturally capable of true and sustained flight. By contrast, other mammals said to fly, such as flying squirrels, gliding possums, and colugos, glide rather than fly,...
flight - Insect flightInsect flightInsects are the only group of invertebrates known to have evolved flight. Insects possess some remarkable flight characteristics and abilities, still far superior to attempts by humans to replicate their capabilities. Even our understanding of the aerodynamics of flexible, flapping wings and how...
- Fixed-wing aircraft
As a noun, swoop may mean:
- www.swoop.ie, a haven for all things handmade in Ireland
- Swoop (Transformers)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:...
, several fictional characters in the Transformers series - A swoop bike
- The Southwestern Ontario Organization of Parachutists
- Swoop (mascot)Swoop (mascot)The mascot Swoop is used to represent various sports organizations in the United States. One of the most notable mascots named Swoop is used by the NFL Football team the Philadelphia Eagles. Various American universities use the name Swoop as their athletic program mascots...
, A costumed mascot for various Universities and the NFL Philadelphia Eagles' mascot - The red-tailed hawk mascot of the Utah UtesUtah UtesThe Utah Utes are the athletics teams of the University of Utah. They are named after the Ute tribe of Native Americans. The men's basketball team is known as the "Runnin' Utes"; the women's basketball team, formerly known as the "Lady Utes," now prefers to be referred to as the "Utes"; and the...
, the sports teams of the University of Utah - The mascot of the Miami RedHawksMiami RedHawksMiami University, in Oxford, Ohio, features 18 different varsity level sports teams for men and women, all of which are known as the Miami RedHawks...
of Miami University in Oxford, Ohio - A nickname given to a Marine CorpsMarine corpsA marine is a member of a force that specializes in expeditionary operations such as amphibious assault and occupation. The marines traditionally have strong links with the country's navy...
helicopter pilot - The SwoopThe SwoopThe Swoop!, or How Clarence Saved England is a short comic novel by P G Wodehouse, first published in the United Kingdom by Alston Rivers Ltd, London, on 16 April 1909...
, a novel by P. G. Wodehouse - Swoop (computer game)Swoop (computer game)Swoop is a Galaxian clone for Mac OS by Ambrosia Software. The cast of characters includes your ship, blue swoopers, green swoopers , red swoopers , yellow swoopers , and on higher levels, an initial charge of shadow swoopers. These enemies perform more evasive and aggressive maneuvers as the game...
, Galaxian clone for Mac OS - Swoop (8-bit computer game)Swoop (8-bit computer game)Swoop is an 8-bit computer game written by David Elliot and published in the UK by Micro Power. It was first released on the BBC Micro in 1982 and ported to the Acorn Electron for its launch in 1983 and the Commodore 64 in 1984.-Summary:...
, Galaxian clone for 8-bit computers - Swooping is a kind of canopy pilotingCanopy pilotingCanopy Piloting encompasses several disciplines, all involving the flight of a skydiving parachute either at high altitude or close to the ground."Swooping" is one form of canopy piloting and is a growing activity in the skydiving world...
In music, swoop may refer to:
- Swoop Records, a German record label
- Swoop (Australian band)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.. Fiona Ta'akimoeaka joined the band performing as lead vocalist as well as drummer Calvin Welch and keyboard player Tetsushi...
- Swoop (Belgian band)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 revived in 2010 after 4...
Swoops may refer to:
- SwoopsSwoopsSwoops were a Pringle shaped chocolate candy manufactured by The Hershey Company. They were found in the following flavors: Hershey's Milk Chocolate, Reese's Peanut Butter, Almond Joy, York Peppermint Pattie, White Chocolate Reeses, and Toffee and Almond...
, a candy manufactured by The Hershey Company - SWOOPS, Solar Wind Observations Over the Poles of the Sun, an instrument aboard Ulysses (spacecraft)