vulture
To circle around one's target as if one were a vultureTo circle around one's target as if one were a vulture.
» Tom saw vultures flying overhead and began to worry.
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1 senses(colloquial, figuratively)To circle around one's target as if one were a vulture.
Rudy vultured when asking the girl out.
Examples
32 sentencesTom saw vultures flying overhead and began to worry.
A dead deer being pecked by vultures, remains partly eaten by other animals, that sort of rotten meat is called 'carrion'.
Мертвий олень, подзьобаний стерв'ятниками, рештки частково з'їжені іншими тваринами, ось таке м'ясо, що розкладається називається "падаллю". — ChickenKiev
Vultures eat carrion.
Яструби їдять мертвечину. — deniko
Can a vulture eat a cheetah?
Where there is carrion, vultures gather.
Origin
Borrowed into Middle English from Anglo-Norman vultur, from Old French voutoir, voutre, frBorrowed into Middle English from Anglo-Norman vultur, from Old French voutoir, voutre, from Latin vultur, voltur. Displaced native Old English ūf.
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Forms
vultures, vulturing, vultured, vulturedLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.