пикировать — meaning in English

English meaning

• dive verb To plunge headfirst into water.
• stoop verb To bend the body forward and down.
• swoop verb To dive or sweep downward suddenly through the air.

Senses

пикировать is used for these senses in English:

• dive (transitive) To cause to descend, dunk; to plunge something into water.
• stoop (intransitive) Of a bird of prey: to swoop down on its prey.
• swoop (intransitive) To fly or glide downwards suddenly; to plunge (in the air) or nosedive.

dive — full definition

1. verb To plunge headfirst into water.
2. verb To drop or descend sharply and quickly.
3. noun A cheap, run-down bar or club.

stoop — full definition

1. verb To bend the body forward and down.
2. verb To lower oneself morally by doing something beneath one's standards.
3. noun A small staircase or platform leading up to a house entrance, especially in American row houses.

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