Thesaurus results for SWATTED

swatted

verb

past tense of swat

as in smacked

to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner didn't sleep a wink all night because she was too busy swatting mosquitoes

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Recent Examples of swatted Toews’ deflection bounced high from the left face-off dot toward Wedgewood’s net — but before the goalie could control the rebound, Hartman swatted it like a pickleball volley in mid-air and past the Colorado goaltender for a 3-0 Minnesota lead. —

Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 10 May 2026 The Canadiens would go nearly 30 minutes without a shot on net, but then got another unusual score when Lane Hutson’s shot rebounded off the back wall, hung momentarily in the air, and then was swatted expertly by Alex Newhook off Andrei Vasilevskiy’s leg. —

John Romano, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 May 2026 Quenneville swatted away a question about concern over his netminder. —

Eric Stephens, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2026 The bee that flies alone gets swatted, or at least turned into a necklace at some rich lady’s garden party. —

Brian Moylan, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2026 Then Julien swatted a home run the other way to left field, Márquez got another out and Moniak drove his second home run over the wall in right-center field. —

Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Apr. 2026 Muncy swatted three home runs on Friday night in the opener of a three-game series against the Texas Rangers, including a walk-off solo blast in the ninth inning of a thrilling 8-7 victory at Dodger Stadium. —

Dan Arritt, Oc Register, 11 Apr. 2026 Moton was sitting on his phone, minding his own business, when Norman suddenly yawned and swatted her hand in his direction. —

Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 10 Apr. 2026 Norman yawned — then suddenly swatted her hand in his direction. —

Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 10 Apr. 2026

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Alex Call came off the bench and smacked a Matt Gage fastball into right field for a two-run single to take the lead in the sixth inning.

— Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 15 May 2026
The two have smacked each other around in the weeks since and traded barbs over their places within the company.

— Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 9 May 2026