There was a person called Nana who ruled the nursery. Sometimes she took no notice of the playthings lying about, and sometimes, for no reason whatever, she went swooping about like a great wind and hustled them away in cupboards.
to move swiftly, as if with a sweeping movement, especially to attack something
Hyphenation
to move swiftly, as if with a sweep·ing movement, es·pe·cial·ly to at·tack some·thing