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Sudden Swoop Crossword Clue

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noun

• the act of pouncing

verb

• move down on as if in an attack

37%6 Sci-fi doctor gets round Mum with sudden swoop
noun

• the noise produced by the sudden rush of a fluid (a gas or liquid)

verb

• move with a sibilant sound

• move with a whooshing sound

• gush or squirt out

37%5 Wild animal needing power to make sudden swoop
noun

• a unit of apothecary weight equal to 480 grains or one twelfth of a troy pound

• a unit of weight equal to one sixteenth of a pound or 16 drams or 28.349 grams

• large feline of upland central Asia having long thick whitish fur

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New York Times20 Sep 1997 Down 46
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