swoop

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• /ˈswuːp/
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• obsolete: sūp
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• obsolete: /ˈsuːp/
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From Middle English swopen, from Old English swāpan (“to sweep”). Doublet of swaip. See also sweep, which was probably the basis for analogical restoration of /w/ in this word.

55 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: пикиране (pikirane) — an instance, or the act of suddenly plunging downwards
• Dutch: duikvlucht — an instance, or the act of suddenly plunging downwards
• Finnish: syöksy — an instance, or the act of suddenly plunging downwards
• German: Sturzflug — an instance, or the act of suddenly plunging downwards
• Māori: tapakōtanga — an instance, or the act of suddenly plunging downwards
• Russian: пикирование (pikirovanije) — an instance, or the act of suddenly plunging downwards
• Russian: пике (pike) — an instance, or the act of suddenly plunging downwards
• Spanish: precipitación — an instance, or the act of suddenly plunging downwards
• Spanish: picado — an instance, or the act of suddenly plunging downwards
• Spanish: picada — an instance, or the act of suddenly plunging downwards
• French: précipitation — an act of rushedly doing something
• Spanish: precipitación — an act of rushedly doing something
• Spanish: arrebato — an act of rushedly doing something
• Azerbaijani: şığımaq — to fly downwards suddenly
• Bashkir: ташланыу (taşlanıw) — to fly downwards suddenly
• Bulgarian: пикирам (pikiram) — to fly downwards suddenly
• Czech: snést se — to fly downwards suddenly
• Czech: vrhnout se dolů — to fly downwards suddenly
• Czech: slétnout — to fly downwards suddenly
• Czech: pustit se střemhlav — to fly downwards suddenly
• Dutch: neerstorten — to fly downwards suddenly
• Finnish: syöksyä — to fly downwards suddenly
• Galician: abalanzarse — to fly downwards suddenly
• Galician: lanzarse — to fly downwards suddenly
• Galician: botarse — to fly downwards suddenly
• German: herabschießen — to fly downwards suddenly
• German: herabstürzen — to fly downwards suddenly
• Māori: kurutohitohi — to fly downwards suddenly
• Māori: topa — to fly downwards suddenly
• Māori: whakatopa — to fly downwards suddenly
• Māori: tapakō — to fly downwards suddenly
• Māori: tirihou — to fly downwards suddenly
• Romanian: plonja — to fly downwards suddenly
• Romanian: zbura în picaj — to fly downwards suddenly
• Russian: налетать (naletatʹ) — to fly downwards suddenly
• Russian: пикировать (pikirovatʹ) — to fly downwards suddenly
• Slovak: pustiť sa strmhlav — to fly downwards suddenly
• Spanish: precipitarse — to fly downwards suddenly
• Spanish: abalanzarse — to fly downwards suddenly
• Spanish: lanzarse / volar en picada — to fly downwards suddenly
• Thai: โฉบ (chòop) — to fly downwards suddenly
• Turkish: şığımak — to fly downwards suddenly
• Bulgarian: връхлитам (vrǎhlitam) — to move swiftly, as if with a sweeping movement
• Bulgarian: спускам се (spuskam se) — to move swiftly, as if with a sweeping movement
• Finnish: syöksyä — to move swiftly, as if with a sweeping movement
• Finnish: rynnätä — to move swiftly, as if with a sweeping movement
• Finnish: hyökätä — to move swiftly, as if with a sweeping movement
• Galician: abalanzarse — to move swiftly, as if with a sweeping movement
• Galician: lanzarse — to move swiftly, as if with a sweeping movement
• Galician: botarse — to move swiftly, as if with a sweeping movement
• Galician: caer — to move swiftly, as if with a sweeping movement
• German: stürzen — to move swiftly, as if with a sweeping movement
• Sanskrit: ध्रजति (dhrajati) — to move swiftly, as if with a sweeping movement
• Slovak: vrhnúť sa (na) — to move swiftly, as if with a sweeping movement
• Spanish: abalanzarse — to move swiftly, as if with a sweeping movement