swoop
1
7.5
- noun
- /swup/
- Specialized
:
glissando
- The choir's performance was enhanced by a dramatic swoop that showcased the singer's vocal range.
Examples
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One-Toe smiled in admiration of the way Sarah-Bell ended each phrase of her improvised reel on a little upward swoop that just naturally made a man feel good.
Fiction book (1999) -
Those dances consisted of lateral swoops of cloaked arms and swift flicks of the wrist, as if sadness were a thing not so difficult to shake off.
Blog text (11) -
Honestly, doing this little swoop in the inner corner saved it all.
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OK, so I'm going to do a little swoop on my face there.
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The dance gestures show off what's really hard to embody in the music, like the swoops for "My diamond, my rock."
Academic text (2017) -
The syndrum sound (a little swoop) and the "four-on-the-floor" rhythm are also disco signifiers.
Academic text (2017) -
The closing, trancelike dancing, vocal swoops, and general revving-up seem to drive toward a new rhythm and the hope of transcendence.
Academic text (2017) -
During the concert, the musician added a quick swoop in the melody for emotional effect.
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She demonstrated her talent with a beautiful swoop that climbed the musical scale gracefully.
Synonyms
16
6.0
A quick smooth movement from one note to another
Idioms
How Rapid
- Specialized
1
9.8
- Specialized
1
7.5
- Specialized
16
6.0
- Specialized
Surface Forms
Etymology
Swoop comes from a sound word like swoosh that suggests a smooth slide between sounds. So in music a swoop is a fast sliding note up or down the scale that feels like a quick whoosh.