swat

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swat / swät/ • v. (swat·ted, swat·ting) [tr.] hit or crush (something, esp. an insect) with a sharp blow from a flat object: I swatted a mosquito that had landed on my wrist | [intr.] swatting at a fly. ∎  hit (someone) with a sharp blow: she swatted him over the head with a rolled-up magazine.• n. such a sharp blow: the dog gave the hedgehog a sideways swat.

swat

views updated May 29 2018

swat (dial.) squat XVII; hit smartly XVIII. dial. var. of SQUAT.

SWAT

views updated May 29 2018

SWAT (swɒt) (USA) Special Weapons and Tactics (police unit)