swoop

Etymology
From, from. . See also, which was probably the basis for analogical restoration of in this word.

Verb

 * 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) * 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?
 * 1)  To seize; to catch up; to take with a sweep.
 * 2)  To pass with pomp; to sweep.
 * 3)  To search the ground for discarded cigarette butts that can be made into new cigarettes.
 * 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?
 * 1)  To seize; to catch up; to take with a sweep.
 * 2)  To pass with pomp; to sweep.
 * 3)  To search the ground for discarded cigarette butts that can be made into new cigarettes.
 * 1)  To pass with pomp; to sweep.
 * 2)  To search the ground for discarded cigarette butts that can be made into new cigarettes.
 * 1)  To search the ground for discarded cigarette butts that can be made into new cigarettes.

Translations

 * Azerbaijani: şığımaq
 * Bulgarian: пикирам
 * Czech: snést se, vrhnout se dolů, slétnout, pustit se střemhlav
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * German: herabschießen,
 * Maori: kurutohitohi, topa, whakatopa, tapakō, tirihou
 * Romanian:, zbura în picaj
 * Russian: ,
 * Slovak: pustiť sa strmhlav
 * Spanish: precipitarse, abalanzarse, lanzarse en picada, volar en picada
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:


 * Bulgarian:, спускам се
 * Finnish:, ,
 * German:
 * Sanskrit:
 * Slovak: vrhnúť sa (na)
 * Spanish:


 * Dutch: (verb) met een forse beweging de hoogte ingaan,

Noun

 * 1) 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
 * 1) A sudden act of seizing.
 * 2)  A quick passage from one note to the next.
 * 1)  A quick passage from one note to the next.
 * 1)  A quick passage from one note to the next.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: пикиране
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Maori: tapakōtanga
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:, ,


 * French:
 * Spanish: ,