Synonyms of swatting

swatting

verb

present participle of swat

as in smacking

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• smacking
• hitting
• slapping
• slamming
• knocking
• punching
• banging
• whacking
• clapping
• pounding
• swiping
• clipping
• batting
• striking
• cracking
• kicking
• nailing
• bobbing
• thumping
• flicking
• bashing
• tapping
• jabbing
• hammering
• thwacking
• poking
• socking
• shoving
• zapping
• slugging
• licking
• clobbering
• pushing
• bopping
• boxing
• clouting
• smiting
• chopping
• stabbing
• walloping
• clocking
• stroking
• busting
• rapping
• belting
• bludgeoning
• slogging
• tagging
• pasting
• bumping
• biffing
• bonking
• whaling
• battering
• mauling
• peppering
• pelting
• beating
• pummeling
• cuffing
• slashing
• buffeting
• mangling
• hanging one on
• lashing
• whipping
• stamping
• roughing
• bunting
• dumping
• lambasting
• butting
• kneeing
• scuffing
• prodding
• drubbing
• spearing
• bunging
• jostling
• pommeling
• flailing
• cudgeling
• creaming
• lacing
• switching
• sapping
• thrashing
• braining
• bowling (down or over)
• clubbing
• flogging
• conking
• sledging
• caning
• leveling
• decking
• felling
• knocking down
• flooring
• beaning
• skulling
• sledgehammering
• rabbit-punching
• sucker punching

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of swatting

Kessler catches an empty side screen involving Anfernee Simons and calmly plays in drop, backpedals smoothly, slides laterally for a stride, opens his hips and tricks Simons to shoot before swatting it away with his left hand. — Sam Vecenie, New York Times, 2 July 2026

Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is speaking out in his first interview about being targeted by a child services swatting call, leading to him being temporarily separated from his two children. — ABC News, 1 July 2026

The worry was that adding sixteen teams would mean blowouts, the big sides swatting away the small ones. — Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026

Another customer said Roberts was also seen kicking and swatting chickens outside the store. — Steven Yablonski, CBS News, 18 June 2026

Liam Owen, of Boise, who worked as an aircraft mechanic for Horizon Airlines, documented the date of the incident as May 28, when high winds swept through the Treasure Valley, fanning the flames of fires, swatting down trees and power lines, and causing tens of thousands to lose power. — Idaho Statesman, 16 June 2026

Police are investigating a swatting incident that targeted a school and Walmart in Hamden on Wednesday. — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 11 June 2026

Staal lost his edge on his skate, but that didn’t stop him from swatting a back-handed shot of his own toward the net. — Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 10 June 2026

Wembanyama reacted by swatting Brunson away, placing his hand near the back of Brunson’s neck and pushing him to the floor. — C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 10 June 2026