swat
swat (swät)
transitive verb swat′·ted, swat′·ting
to hit with a quick, sharp blow
Etymology: echoic
noun
a quick, sharp blow, as with a bat or swatter
Swat (swät)
noun pl. Swa′tiswä′tē
Swat (swät)
region in NE Pakistan, on the Indus River: former princely state of India
☆ SWAT (swät)
noun
a special unit of a law enforcement agency, trained to deal with violence, riots, terrorism, etc.
Etymology: S(pecial) W(eapons) a(nd) T(actics)
Object
- fly: The figure is of a major swatting flies from the parapet of the building.
- mosquito: There is no point swatting mosquitoes, we need to drain the swamp... Greater London is now even Greater.
- midgie: You can swat a midgie without getting sent to the Tower of London.
- bug: From there it is immediately passed on to our ISP, then to us - quicker than you can swat a bug!
Converse of object
- do: So don't immediately swat any medium-sized black and yellow insect that approaches you: pause a moment and check.
- use: A working SAMBA installation will be created, with graphical configuration using swat via a web browser.
Preposition: at
- fly: E The burrow swats idly at a fly with his tail.
Modifies a noun
- team: SWAT Team at Initial Deployment Point Scenario This was a simple test scenario to explore the rules.
- fly: As it is we are forced to swat flies, kill snakes and protect ourselves against robbers and murderers.
Modifying Another Word
- away: We're all flat on our backs, ridden with injuries and swatting away flies as marathon day approaches?
Followed by an intransitive particle
- up: Want an application for all that mechanics you've swatted up?
- down: Or maybe it had been swatted down, vigorously.
Followed by a transitive particle
- aside: Agro allows you to plow through the competition, swatting aside any car that gets in your way.
- away: We cooked sausages on the fire as we swatted away flies, of which there were many.
- off: The bounty hunter screams as he desperately tries to swat off the bugs.
Particle object:
- report: However, John Prescott has swatted aside the report and given the university permission to proceed.
Noun used with modifier
Browse dictionary entries near swat
- swastika
- swashing
- swashbuckling
- swashbuckler
- swash letters
- swash
- Swartkrans ape-man
- swarthy
- swarth
- swart
