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Dictionary: swoop   (swūp) pronunciation
 

v., swooped, swoop·ing, swoops.

v.intr.
  1. To move in a sudden sweep: The bird swooped down on its prey.
  2. To make a rush or an attack with or as if with a sudden sweeping movement. Often used with down: The children swooped down on the pile of presents.
v.tr.

To seize or snatch in or as if in a sudden sweeping movement.

n.

The act or an instance of swooping.

[Middle English swopen, to sweep along, from Old English swāpan, to sweep, swing.]


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Thesaurus: swoop
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noun

    The act of plunging suddenly downward into or as if into water: dive, nosedive, plunge. Informal header. See enter/exit.

 
Antonyms: swoop
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v

Definition: descend quickly
Antonyms: ascend


 

Term for the travel of a Marine on liberty to his or her hometown, usually ridiculously far from where they are assigned.

 
Wikipedia: Swoop
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Swoop may mean:

Swoops may refer to:

  • Swoops, a candy manufactured by The Hershey Company
  • SWOOPS - Solar Wind Observations Over the Poles of the Sun, an instrument aboard Ulysses (spacecraft)

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Translations: Swoop
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Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - styrtdykke
v. tr. - gribe, slå ned på, styrtdykke
n. - nedslag, pludseligt angreb, styrtdyk, razzia

Nederlands (Dutch)
door de lucht zwieren, grijpen, bespringen, sprong, zwier

Français (French)
v. intr. - plonger, faire une descente (de police), fondre ou s'abattre (sur)
v. tr. - prendre/saisir soudainement
n. - descente en piqué, rafle, descente (de police)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Sturzflug, (ugs.) Razzia
v. - herabstoßen, Razzien durchführen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - εφόρμηση, έφοδος, αιφνίδια αρπαγή
v. - εφορμώ, επιπίπτω, (για αλεξιπτωτιστές) κατέρχομαι με ταχύτητα

Italiano (Italian)
picchiata, scendere in picchiata

idioms:

  • in/at one fell swoop    in un colpo solo

Português (Portuguese)
n. - mergulho (m)
v. - mergulhar

Русский (Russian)
падение вниз (хищной птицы на жертву), внезапное нападение, устремляться, падать вниз, налетать, внезапно налетать, хватать

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - caer, precipitarse, arrojarse (sobre)
v. tr. - barrer, arrebatar, cortar de un golpe
n. - calada, descenso en picado, redada, ataque, arremetida

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - nedslag, angrepp, överfall
v. - slå ned, rycka till sig

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
猛扑, 突然袭击, 攫取, 抓去, 俯冲

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 猛撲, 突然襲擊
v. tr. - 攫取, 抓去
n. - 俯衝, 攫取

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 달려들다, 덤벼들다, 급습하다
v. tr. - 잡아채다
n. - 급습, 급강하, 잡아 챔

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 舞い下りる, ひったくる, 急襲する, さらう
n. - 急降下すること, 急降下

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) انقضاض الخ (فعل) ينقض على ما يبتلع‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮עט, נחת, הסתער, פשט‬
v. tr. - ‮חטף הכל בבת אחת‬
n. - ‮עיטה, הסתערות, פשיטה, חטיפה‬


 
 
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