Definizione monolingua

swoop

swoop (third-person singular simple present swoops, present participle swooping, simple past and past participle swooped) (intransitive)

1. to fly or glide downwards suddenly; to plunge (in the air) or nosedive

   The lone eagle swooped down into the lake, snatching its prey, a small fish.

2. to move swiftly, as if with a sweeping movement, especially to attack something

   The dog had enthusiastically swooped down on the bone.

   • 1922, Margery Williams, The Velveteen Rabbit

     There was a person called Nana who ruled the nursery. Sometimes she took no notice of the playthings lying about, and sometimes, for no reason whatever, she went swooping about like a great wind and hustled them away in cupboards.

swoop (plural swoops)

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

   • 1922, Margery Williams, The Velveteen Rabbit

     One evening, when the Boy was going to bed, he couldnt find the china dog that always slept with him. Nana was in a hurry, and it was too much trouble to hunt for china dogs at bedtime, so she simply looked about her, and seeing that the toy cupboard door stood open, she made a swoop.

2. an act of rushedly doing something

   Fortunes a right whore. If she give ought, she deals it in small parcels, that she may take away all at one swoop. – John Webster

3. (music) passing quickly from one note to the next

Definizione dizionario swoop

attacco

incursione

piombare

Altri significati:

to fly downwards suddenly

to move swiftly, as if with a sweeping movement, especially to attack something

an instance, or the act of suddenly plunging downward

(music) passing quickly from one note to the next

to fly or glide downwards suddenly; to plunge (in the air) or nosedive

to move swiftly, as if with a sweeping movement

an instance, or the act of suddenly plunging downwards