SWAT (swatted, swatting)

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Irregular inflected forms: swatted    , swatting   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does swat mean? 

• SWAT (noun)
  The noun SWAT has 1 sense:

1. a sharp blow

  Familiarity information: SWAT used as a noun is very rare.

• SWAT (verb)
  The verb SWAT has 1 sense:

1. hit swiftly with a violent blow

  Familiarity information: SWAT used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SWAT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A sharp blow

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("swat" is a kind of...):

blow (a powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon)

Derivation:

swat (hit swiftly with a violent blow)

• SWAT (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they swat    ... he / she / it swats   
Past simple: swatted   
Past participle: swatted   
-ing form: swatting   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Hit swiftly with a violent blow

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

Swat flies

Hypernyms (to "swat" is one way to...):

hit (deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Sentence example:

The fighter managed to swat his opponent

Derivation:

swat (a sharp blow)

swatter (an implement with a flat part (of mesh or plastic) and a long handle; used to kill insects)

 Context examples 

The whole watch was tryin' to grab it, an' I rushed in an' got swatted.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

"Who knows but what you may prove the humble instrument to save him. Why didn't you let me swat him just once? I'd like to have had a hand in it."

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Brissenden looked on gravely, though once he grew excited and gripped the whiskey bottle, pleading, "Here, just let me swat him once."

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)