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    Sitting here watching a blackbird flying up and pecking at a fatball as it passes it, I was led to wonder: is there a word for the reverse of divebombing?

    Question #64173. Asked by Baloo55th. (Apr 02 06 6:29 AM)


    Br.John

    		rocket ~ [verb]: to shoot up abruptly

    Apr 02 06, 11:03 AM
    mementoflash

    		soar

    n : the act of rising upward into the air [syn: zoom] v 1: rise rapidly.


    Apr 02 06, 11:22 AM
    Baloo55th

    		I was looking for something with an element of violence in it, as divebombing does. They are hitting the fatball with some force - or they were, as it's dark now. Soaring is gentle, and rocketing tends to carry on rather than return suddenly. [All together: Isn't he awkward, that Baloo?]

    Apr 02 06, 1:34 PM
    centerice

    		Having checked several on-line thesauri, I would be inclined to say there isn't one.

    Perhaps it's time we had one.

    Apr 02 06, 11:05 PM

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