swat

¹swat

transitive verb \ˈswät\

swat·tedswat·ting

Definition of SWAT

: to hit with a sharp slapping blow usually with an instrument (as a bat or flyswatter) <swatted the ball for a home run>

Examples of SWAT

1. She swatted the fly with a magazine.
2. The cat was swatting the injured mouse with its paw.
3. He swatted the tennis ball out of bounds.

Origin of SWAT

English dialect, to squat, alteration of English squat

First Known Use: circa 1796

Related to SWAT

Synonyms

bang, bash, bat, belt, biff, bludgeon, bob, bonk, bop, box, bust, clap, clip, clobber, clock, clout, crack, hammer, knock, nail, paste, pound, punch, rap, slam, slap, slog, slug, smack, smite, sock, strike, hit, swipe, tag, thump, thwack, wallop, whack, whale, zap

Related Words

batter, beat, buffet, bung, chop, cuff, drub, lace, lambaste (or lambast), lick, mangle, maul, pelt, pepper, pommel, pummel, rough; scuff; bunt, flick, stroke, tap; bump, butt, jab, jostle, kick, knee, poke, prod, push, shove, stamp; bowl (down or over), cream, deck, dump [slang], fell, floor, knock down, level; rabbit-punch, sucker punch; cane, club, cudgel, flail, flog, lash, sap, slash, sledge, sledgehammer, spear, stab, switch, thrash, whip; bean, brain, conk, skull

Rhymes with SWAT

aught, baht, blot, bot, clot, cot, dot, ghat, grot, hot, jot, khat, knot, kyat, lot, lotte, Mott, motte, naught, not, plot, pot, rot, scot, Scot, shot, skat, slot, snot, sot, spot, squat, stot, swot, tot, trot, watt, Watt, what, wot, yacht

²swat

noun

Definition of SWAT

1

: a powerful or crushing blow

2

: a long hit in baseball; especially : home run

Examples of SWAT

1. <the impatient toddler got a swat on his wrist for stepping into the street by himself>

First Known Use of SWAT

circa 1800

Related to SWAT

Synonyms

bang, bash, bat, beat, belt, biff, bop, box, buffet, bust, chop, clap, clip, clout, crack, cuff, dab, douse [British], fillip, hack, haymaker, hit, hook, knock, larrup [dialect], lash, lick, pelt, pick, plump, poke, pound, punch, rap, slam, slap, slug, smack, smash, sock, spank, stinger, stripe, stroke, ¹blow, swipe, switch, thud, thump, thwack, wallop, welt, whack, wham, whop (also whap)

Related Words

counter, counterblow, counterpunch, counterstroke; body blow, hand, kick, knee, left, one-two, rabbit punch, right, right-hander, roundhouse, shiver, sidewinder, sucker punch, swing, uppercut; cruncher, kayo, knockdown, knockout, KO; bastinado (or bastinade), battering, beating, bludgeoning, clobbering, cudgeling (or cudgelling), drubbing, hammering, lambasting, licking, pasting, pounding, pummeling (also pummelling), thrashing; flogging, walloping, whip, whipping

SWAT

noun, often attributive \ˈswät\

Definition of SWAT

: a police or military unit specially trained and equipped to handle unusually hazardous situations or missions

Origin of SWAT

special weapons and tactics

First Known Use: 1968

Swat

geographical name \ˈswät\

Definition of SWAT

river 400 miles (644 kilometers) Pakistan flowing into Kabul River