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
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Or just smash them with a flyswatter and clean up with a tissue.
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Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 6 Dec. 2024
In one, a red apparition seems ready to smash people with a flyswatter.
—Ian Johnson, The New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2024
Drop that flyswatter right now!
—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
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Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 6 Dec. 2024
In one, a red apparition seems ready to smash people with a flyswatter.
—Ian Johnson, The New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2024
Drop that flyswatter right now!
—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
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“Flyswatter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flyswatter. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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