swooping
noun 2adj 1
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3VERB + SWOOPING
wind
SWOOPING + NOUN
eagle
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from
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noun
1
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
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.
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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']
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With a huge rush of wind a swooping eagle dropped from out of the night sky.
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