divebomb
English
verb
Definitions
- (of an aircraft) To bomb whilst in a steep dive.
- (of a bird) To attack (especially the head of) a person or animal that strays into their territory.
- (of a motorist) To overtake slower traffic by way of a more circuitous route, such as a pair of freeway exit and entrance ramps.
Etymology
Compound from English dive + English bomb.
Origin
English
bomb
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- aerobomb English
- antibomb English
- barrel bomb English
- bedoven English
- bomb English
- bomb calorimeter English
- bomb cyclone English
- bombable English
- bomber English
- bombie English
- bombless English
- bomblet English
- bomblike English
- bombload English
- bombmaker English
- bombmaking English
- bombogenesis English
- bombproof English
- bombshell English
- bombsies English
- bombsight English
- bombsite English
- bombworthy English
- candlebomb English
- didapper English
- divable English
- dive English
- diveable English
- divemaster English
- diver English
- divewear English
- divey English
- dumb bomb English
- f-bomb English
- firebomb English
- googlebomb English
- greasebomb English
- gutbomb English
- hydrobomb English
- isomer bomb English
- lava bomb English
- microbomb English
- n-bomb English
- nosedive English
- photobomb English
- postdive English
- powerbomb English
- predive English
- s-bomb English
- skydive English
- stagedive English
- stinkbomb English
- superbomb English
- tarbomb English
- updive English
- waterbomb English
- bombe French
- ボム Japanese
- diven Middle English
- बम Hindi
- บอมบ์ Thai
- boma Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- bomber Norman
- ဗုံး Burmese
- bomu Swahili
- ibhomu Zulu
- baam̧ Marshallese
- bomb
- dive
- divey
- diver
- s-bomb
- f-bomb
- bombie
- n-bomb
- updive
- bomber
- tarbomb
- gutbomb
- bomblet
- bedoven
- predive
- divable
- skydive
- bombsite
- firebomb
- aerobomb
- didapper
- bombload
- nosedive
- bomblike
- postdive
- bombable
- divewear
- bombsies
- bombless
- diveable
- antibomb
- superbomb
- bombshell
- hydrobomb
- waterbomb
- stagedive
- stinkbomb
- bombmaker
- bombproof
- dumb bomb
- microbomb
- lava bomb
- bombsight
- photobomb
- powerbomb
- candlebomb
- bombworthy
- bombmaking
- divemaster
- googlebomb
- greasebomb
- isomer bomb
- barrel bomb
- bomb cyclone
- bombogenesis
- bomb calorimeter