This is a golden opportunity we'd be stupid to pass up. Let's get to work and finish it all in one fell swoop.
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Swoop
//ˈswuːp//
Synonyms for "swoop" (91 found)
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54 translations across 16 languages.
Azerbaijani
1 entries- şığımaq verb (to fly downwards suddenly)
Bulgarian
4 entries- пикиране noun (an instance, or the act of suddenly plunging downwards)
- връхлитам verb (to move swiftly, as if with a sweeping movement)
- пикирам verb (to fly downwards suddenly)
- спускам се verb (to move swiftly, as if with a sweeping movement)
Czech
4 entries- pustit se střemhlav verb (to fly downwards suddenly)
- slétnout verb (to fly downwards suddenly)
- snést se verb (to fly downwards suddenly)
- vrhnout se dolů verb (to fly downwards suddenly)
Dutch
2 entries- duikvlucht noun (an instance, or the act of suddenly plunging downwards)
- neerstorten verb (to fly downwards suddenly)
Finnish
4 entries- syöksy noun (an instance, or the act of suddenly plunging downwards)
- hyökätä verb (to move swiftly, as if with a sweeping movement)
- rynnätä verb (to move swiftly, as if with a sweeping movement)
- syöksyä verb (to fly downwards suddenly)
French
1 entries- précipitation noun (an act of rushedly doing something)
Galician
4 entries- abalanzarse verb (to fly downwards suddenly)
- abalanzarse verb (to move swiftly, as if with a sweeping movement)
- botarse verb (to fly downwards suddenly)
- botarse verb (to move swiftly, as if with a sweeping movement)
German
4 entries- Sturzflug noun (an instance, or the act of suddenly plunging downwards)
- herabschießen verb (to fly downwards suddenly)
- herabstürzen verb (to fly downwards suddenly)
- stürzen verb (to move swiftly, as if with a sweeping movement)
Māori
4 entries- tapakōtanga noun (an instance, or the act of suddenly plunging downwards)
- kurutohitohi verb (to fly downwards suddenly)
- tapakō verb (to fly downwards suddenly)
- tirihou verb (to fly downwards suddenly)
Romanian
2 entries- plonja verb (to fly downwards suddenly)
- zbura în picaj verb (to fly downwards suddenly)
Russian
4 entries- пике noun (an instance, or the act of suddenly plunging downwards)
- пикирование noun (an instance, or the act of suddenly plunging downwards)
- налетать verb (to fly downwards suddenly)
- пикировать verb (to fly downwards suddenly)
Sanskrit
1 entries- ध्रजति verb (to move swiftly, as if with a sweeping movement)
Slovak
2 entries- pustiť sa strmhlav verb (to fly downwards suddenly)
- vrhnúť sa (na) verb (to move swiftly, as if with a sweeping movement)
Spanish
4 entries- arrebato noun (an act of rushedly doing something)
- picada noun (an instance, or the act of suddenly plunging downwards)
- picado noun (an instance, or the act of suddenly plunging downwards)
- precipitación noun (an instance, or the act of suddenly plunging downwards)
Thai
1 entries- โฉบ verb (to fly downwards suddenly)
Turkish
1 entries- şığımak verb (to fly downwards suddenly)
Sample sentences
23 total sentences available.
The samurai decapitated his opponent in one fell swoop.
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I felt naked in a strange world. I felt as perhaps a bird may feel in the clear air, knowing the hawk wings above and will swoop.
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The swoop of bats in the darkness over her was as the wings of unearthly creatures.
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