Synonymer

Uttal

  • Uttal:
    • IPA: /ˈswuːp/
  • UttalUS:

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Definitioner

Verb

  1. (intransitive) to fly or glide downwards suddenly; to plunge (in the air) or nosedive
  2. (intransitive) to move swiftly, as if with a sweeping movement, especially to attack something
  3. (transitive) To fall on at once and seize; to catch while on the wing.
  4. (transitive) To seize; to catch up; to take with a sweep.
  5. To pass with pomp; to sweep.

Substantiv

  1. an instance, or the act of suddenly plunging downward
  2. an act of rushedly doing something
  3. (music) passing quickly from one note to the next

Exempel

  • The lone eagle swooped down into the lake, snatching its prey, a small fish.
  • The dog had enthusiastically swooped down on the bone.
  • 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.
  • A hawk swoops a chicken.
  • And now at last you came to swoop it all.
  • The grazing ox which swoops it [the medicinal herb] in with the common grass.
  • The quality of decision is like the well-timed swoop of a falcon which enables it to strike and destroy its victim. – Sun Tzu
  • Fortune's a right whore. If she give ought, she deals it in small parcels, that she may take away all at one swoop. – John Webster
  • One evening, when the Boy was going to bed, he couldn't 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.
  • The hawk swooped down into the lake, snatching and devouring its prey, a small fish. (le faucon plongea en piqué vers le lac, s'emparant de sa proie, un petit poisson, et le dévorant).
  • The police quickly swooped on the gang. Les policiers assaillirent rapidement le gang par surprise.
  • The dog had enthusiastically swooped down on the bone. Le chien s'était précipité sur l'os avec enthousiasme.

Böjningsformer

PerfektparticipswoopedImperfektswooped
PresensparticipswoopingPluralswoops
Tredje person singular indicativ presensswoopsTredje person singular indicativ presensswoopeth

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