swoop

suomi-englanti sanakirja

swoop englannista suomeksi

  1. syöksyä, syöksyä kimppuun, hyökätä

  2. syöksy

  3. kaapata

  4. kävellä sulavasti

  5. hyökkäys

  6. liu'utus

  1. Verbi

  2. syöksyä

  3. syöksyä, rynnätä, hyökätä

  4. Substantiivi

  5. syöksy

swoop englanniksi

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

  2. (ux)

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

  4. (RQ:Williams Velveteen Rabbit)

  5. (quote-journal)

  6. To fall on at once and seize; to catch while on the wing.

  7. Quoted in 1971, ''The Scriblerian'' (volumes 4-5, page 2)

  8. 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?
  9. To seize; to catch up; to take with a sweep.

  10. (RQ:Glanvill Vanity of Dogmatizing)

  11. {{quote-text|en|year=1670|author=John Dryden|title=The Conquest of Granada

  12. To pass with pomp; to sweep.

  13. (RQ:Drayton Poly-Olbion)

  14. To search the ground for discarded cigarette butts that can be made into new cigarettes.

  15. {{quote-text|en|year=1989|author=Michael Bettsworth|title=Marking Time: A Prison Memoir|page=32

  16. {{quote-text|en|year=2015|author=Noel 'Razor' Smith|title=The Criminal Alphabet: An A-Z of Prison Slang

  17. An instance, or the act of suddenly plunging downward.

  18. ''The quality of decision is like the well-timed swoop of a falcon which enables it to strike and destroy its victim.'' – Sun Tzu

  19. {{quote-text|en|year=1922|author=Margery Williams|title=The Velveteen Rabbit

  20. A sudden act of seizing.

  21. {{quote-text|en|year=1612|author=John Webster|title=The White Devil

  22. A quick passage from one note to the next.

  23. {{quote-text|en|year=2008|author=Russell Dean Vines|title=Composing Digital Music For Dummies|page=281