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swat Definition

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

Swat¹ Definition

Swat (swät)

noun pl. Swatiswä

Swati

Swat² Definition

Swat (swät)

region in NE Pakistan, on the Indus River: former princely state of India

SWAT Definition

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)

swat Synonyms

swat

v.

beat, knock, slap; see hit 1.

swat Usage Examples

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

  • fly: Thorpe park are building a giant fly swat ( call the slammer ) in 2005, no coasters.
  • police: It started on a real cliff-hanger, had Jonny survived the police SWAT team?

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