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swat1

or swot

[swot] /swɒt/
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verb (used with object), swatted, swatting.
1.
to hit; slap; smack.
2.
Baseball. to hit (a ball) powerfully, usually for a long distance.
noun
3.
a smart blow; slap; smack.
4.
Baseball. a powerfully hit ball.
Origin of swat1
1790-1800
First recorded in 1790-1800; orig. variant of squat

swat2

[swot] /swɒt/
verb, Dialect.
1.
simple past tense and past participle of sweat.

swat3

[swot] /swɒt/ British Slang.
verb (used without object), swatted, swatting, noun
1.
swot2 .

SWAT

or S.W.A.T

[swot] /swɒt/
noun
1.
a special section of some law enforcement agencies trained and equipped to deal with especially dangerous or violent situations, as when hostages are being held (often used attributively):
a SWAT team.
verb (used with or without object), swatted, swatting.
2.
Usually, swat. (especially among online video gamers) to cause a SWAT team to be deployed on (an unsuspecting victim) by falsifying a threat, often as a punishment or retaliation: The prankster planned to swat other gamers during their streaming broadcasts so everyone would see it happen.
Several members of the development team were swatted when the game expansion disappointed fans.
Origin
S(pecial) W(eapons) a(nd) T(actics)
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Examples from the Web for swatted
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  • He swatted the little boy on the ass as hard as he could, three times.

    Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town Cory Doctorow

  • And Mike "swatted" with an end of a fence rail he was chopping up for firewood.

    The Boy Land Boomer Ralph Bonehill

  • "That mosquito is going to get swatted when he least expects it," Scotty promised.

    The Golden Skull John Blaine

  • swatted him--punched his face, and dug out some of his hair.

    The Fourth Watch H. A. Cody

  • Buck snarled like a dog and swatted the glass with his hand, knocking it halfway across the room.

    The Draw Jerome Bixby
British Dictionary definitions for swatted

Swat

/swɒt/
noun
1.
a former princely state of NW India: passed to Pakistan in 1947
2.
a river in Pakistan, rising in the north and flowing south to the Kabul River north of Peshawar. Length: about 640 km (400 miles)

SWAT

/swɒt/
noun acronym
1.
Special Weapons and Tactics: a military-like unit within the US police force, trained to deal with specially dangerous situations, such as hostage-taking and riots

swat1

/swɒt/
verb (transitive) swats, swatting, swatted
1.
to strike or hit sharply: to swat a fly
noun
2.
another word (esp Brit) for swatter (sense 1)
3.
a sharp or violent blow
Also called swot
Word Origin
C17: northern English dialect and US variant of squat

swat2

/swɒt/
verb, noun swats, swatting, swatted
1.
a variant of swot1
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Word Origin and History for swatted

swat

v.

1796, American English and northern England dialect word, possibly an alteration of Middle English swap "to strike, smite" (see swap), ultimately of imitative origin. Related: Swatted; swatting. The noun is recorded from 1800.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Slang definitions & phrases for swatted

swat

verb

To strike; hit: He spoke up and got swatted for it (1796+)

The Dictionary of American Slang, Fourth Edition by Barbara Ann Kipfer, PhD. and Robert L. Chapman, Ph.D.
Copyright (C) 2007 by HarperCollins Publishers.
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