flyswatter
noun
fly·swat·ter
ˈflī-ˌswä-tər 
: a device for killing insects that consists of a flat piece of perforated rubber or plastic or fine-mesh wire netting attached to a handle
Examples of flyswatter in a Sentence
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Drop that flyswatter right now!
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Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 3 Feb. 2023
ChatGPT, on the other hand, will converse about the concept of falsehoods in the Quran, write a prayer for a rabbi to deliver to Congress and compare God to a flyswatter.
—Will Oremus, Washington Post, 27 Jan. 2023
This yellow flyswatter was decorated by hand with black puff paint.
—courier-journal.com, 2 June 2021
On the site, a graphic appeared, showing an insect with a female face—a logo for DarkMarket—underneath a flyswatter.
—Ed Caesar, The New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2021
People made jokes about Jeff Goldblum; other folks dug up images of Biden holding a flyswatter.
—Angela Watercutter, Wired, 7 Oct. 2020
This kit is great for kids who have a more visual style of learning; the modules are large and colorful, and the models (everything from a flyswatter to an ambulance) really make the lessons tangible.
—USA TODAY, 27 Mar. 2020
Because Kentucky’s Reid Jolly, a 6-5 wing, is cruising down the court for a breakaway layup, but here comes LaRavia, chasing him down, rising high above him, smearing the ball against the glass, like a flyswatter on a fly.
—Gregg Doyel, Indianapolis Star, 9 June 2019
Childhood family vacations meant the battered old station wagon, replete with backseat sibling brawls and Mom wielding the flyswatter of road-weary justice from up front.
—Craig Bicknell, WIRED, 13 Apr. 2000
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Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 3 Feb. 2023
ChatGPT, on the other hand, will converse about the concept of falsehoods in the Quran, write a prayer for a rabbi to deliver to Congress and compare God to a flyswatter.
—Will Oremus, Washington Post, 27 Jan. 2023
This yellow flyswatter was decorated by hand with black puff paint.
—courier-journal.com, 2 June 2021
On the site, a graphic appeared, showing an insect with a female face—a logo for DarkMarket—underneath a flyswatter.
—Ed Caesar, The New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2021
People made jokes about Jeff Goldblum; other folks dug up images of Biden holding a flyswatter.
—Angela Watercutter, Wired, 7 Oct. 2020
This kit is great for kids who have a more visual style of learning; the modules are large and colorful, and the models (everything from a flyswatter to an ambulance) really make the lessons tangible.
—USA TODAY, 27 Mar. 2020
Because Kentucky’s Reid Jolly, a 6-5 wing, is cruising down the court for a breakaway layup, but here comes LaRavia, chasing him down, rising high above him, smearing the ball against the glass, like a flyswatter on a fly.
—Gregg Doyel, Indianapolis Star, 9 June 2019
Childhood family vacations meant the battered old station wagon, replete with backseat sibling brawls and Mom wielding the flyswatter of road-weary justice from up front.
—Craig Bicknell, WIRED, 13 Apr. 2000
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Word History
First Known Use
1917, in the meaning defined above
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“Flyswatter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flyswatter. Accessed 5 Dec. 2023.
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