swoop

Significat (anglès)

1. To fly or glide downwards suddenly; to plunge (in the air) or nosedive.
2. To move swiftly, as if with a sweeping movement, especially to attack something.
3. To fall on at once and seize; to catch while on the wing.
4. To seize; to catch up; to take with a sweep.
5. To pass with pomp; to sweep.
6. (slang) To search the ground for discarded cigarette butts that can be made into new cigarettes.

pounce

raid

nose dive

pounce on

round-up

swoop up

sudden attack

leap at

throw oneself on

power dive

sudden descent

straight thrust

Freqüència

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈswuːp/

From 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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