▸ verb: (intransitive) To fly or glide downwards suddenly; to plunge (in the air) or nosedive. ▸ verb: (intransitive) To move swiftly, as if with a sweeping movement, especially to attack something. ▸ verb: (transitive) To fall on at once and seize; to catch while on the wing. ▸ verb: (transitive) To seize; to catch up; to take with a sweep. ▸ verb: (intransitive) To pass with pomp; to sweep. ▸ verb: (British, prison slang) To search the ground for discarded cigarette butts that can be made into new cigarettes. ▸ noun: An instance, or the act of suddenly plunging downward. ▸ noun: A sudden act of seizing. ▸ noun: (music) A quick passage from one note to the next.
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