swoop
suomi-englanti sanakirjaswoop englannista suomeksi
syöksyä, syöksyä kimppuun, hyökätä
syöksy
kaapata
kävellä sulavasti
hyökkäys
liu'utus
swoop englanniksi
To fly or glide downwards suddenly; to plunge (in the air) or nosedive.
(ux)
To move swiftly, as if with a sweeping movement, especially to attack something.
(RQ:Williams Velveteen Rabbit)
(quote-journal)
To fall on at once and seize; to catch while on the wing.
Quoted in 1971, ''The Scriblerian'' (volumes 4-5, page 2)
- And his Eagles, which can with the same ease as a kite swoops a chicken, snatch up a strong built Chamber of wood 12 foot square, & well crampt & fortified with Iron, with all its furniture, & a man besides, & carry it to the Clouds?
To seize; to catch up; to take with a sweep.
(RQ:Glanvill Vanity of Dogmatizing)
{{quote-text|en|year=1670|author=John Dryden|title=The Conquest of Granada
To pass with pomp; to sweep.
(RQ:Drayton Poly-Olbion)
To search the ground for discarded cigarette butts that can be made into new cigarettes.
{{quote-text|en|year=1989|author=Michael Bettsworth|title=Marking Time: A Prison Memoir|page=32
{{quote-text|en|year=2015|author=Noel 'Razor' Smith|title=The Criminal Alphabet: An A-Z of Prison Slang
An instance, or the act of suddenly plunging downward.
''The quality of decision is like the well-timed swoop of a falcon which enables it to strike and destroy its victim.'' – Sun Tzu
{{quote-text|en|year=1922|author=Margery Williams|title=The Velveteen Rabbit
(quote-book) With a final swoop, the road plummets down into Diabaig, where cottages are dotted across the slopes of a rocky semi-circle.
{{quote-text|en|year=1612|author=John Webster|title=The White Devil
A quick passage from one note to the next.
{{quote-text|en|year=2008|author=Russell Dean Vines|title=Composing Digital Music For Dummies|page=281