Definition of "swooping" [swooping]

• Present participle of swoop. (verb)
• The action of the verb to swoop. (noun)
• That swoops or swoop. (adjective)

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• "The Euro-checkering (Browning's term, not mine) is cut in swooping panels that I could take or leave alone, but the stock has nice walnut and an attractive matte finish in place of the shiny urethane found on far too many guns."
• "The band's alpha buck took it into his head, then, to run off a potential usurper, the two animals raising golden trails of dust like rocket cars on a dry lakebed as they crossed nearly a mile of flatland, achieving velocities more usually seen in swooping raptors."
• "I note that in the linked article, David refers to Snape as being snake-like, but in fact the animal he’s most associated with is the bat — he’s pale, dwells in the dark dungeons, has sharp hearing, and is often described as swooping in."