swoopy

comparative swoopier · superlative swoopiest

1. informalHaving a swooping shape or motion.

   The car has a swoopy roofline.

   4 more examples

   The new version is longer and wider. It has a tighter suspension, dual air bags, available antilock brakes and a swoopier look.

   1994 January 16, Marshall Schuon, “ABOUT CARS; After a 15-Year Run, the Old Mustang Yields to a Fresh Colt”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 May 2015

   “It looked good, in a swoopy kind of way — maybe a little too much like the Batmobile — and it got a lot of interest,” he said. “But it wasn’t running. So we decided to convert it into something that would actually run.”

   2010 March 12, Jerry Garrett, “Leno Engineers a Rerun for the Turbine Car”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 02 Jul 2017

   Hand-lettering, swoopy and bold, and the cowboy sign painters who practice it are the subject of “Sign Painters,” published this month by Princeton Architectural Press.

   2012 November 28, Penelope Green, “A Sign Painter’s Collection of Love Letters”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 17 Jun 2022

   AROUND six years ago, Hyundai figured a 10-year warranty was not enough to attract shoppers and conjured up daring design for more attention. Sonata was the first to get the Fluidic Sculpture makeover, but the fifth-generation Elantra ended up being the swoopiest of the fleet. Hyundai’s newest gamble? Toning down those curves.

   2016 April 28, Tom Voelk, “Video Review: Hyundai Elantra Offers Fewer Curves, but a Better Ride”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 08 Nov 2020