swoop

Signification (Anglais)

Verb

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

Noun

1. An instance, or the act of suddenly plunging downward.
2. A sudden act of seizing.
3. A quick passage from one note to the next.

Concepts

rafle

fondre sur

descente

s’abattre sur

descendre

errer

glissement

plonger

précipitation

sauter

abattre

tomber

attaque en piqué

attaquer en piquer

attaque surprise

Synonymes

pounce

raid

snatch

dive

stoop

snap

charge

nose dive

pounce on

rush

seize

lunge

nosedive

round-up

descend

catch

dragnet

swoop up

hold

slide

cordon

plunge

strike

sudden attack

attack

👊

dash

💨

assault

grab

onrush

onset

onslaught

plummet

plunder

plunk

push back

rapine

ravishment

regurgitate

robbery

rollback

rove

sag

sally

seizure

shot

sink

souse

strafe

swoon

swooping

Traductions

abalanzarse

Sturzflug

Razzia

precipitarse

precipitación

redada

stürzen

neerschieten

attacco

👊

neerstrijken

abatirse

descenso súbito

schnappen

αρπαγή

-s

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈswuːp/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: swopen

Hérité de ancien anglais: swāpan

In summary

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.