swooping

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of swoop

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)The motion of something that swoops.

   “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.”

2. (countable, uncountable)A high-speed landing technique in skydiving.

adj

1. That swoops or swoop.

   “With a huge rush of wind a swooping eagle dropped from out of the night sky.”