5 letters · 10 points in Scrabble
noun (music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale
noun a very rapid raid
noun a swift descent through the air
originFrom Middle English swopen, from Old English swāpan (“to sweep”). Doublet of swaip. See also sweep, which was probably the basis for analogical restoration of /w/ in this word.
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