The officers approached Garner and tried to grab hold of him, but he swatted their hands away.
Eyes red and prison muscles bulging, a tattooed white man behind me jumped to his feet from a crouch and swatted me aside.
Unfortunately I was swatted multiple times for the same exact reason up until junior high.
Maria swatted him away and laughed, but I could see how devastated she was.
With one swift ninja movement, Obama swatted the pest with ease, leaving it lifeless on the ground.
And Mike "swatted" with an end of a fence rail he was chopping up for firewood.
Paresi swatted the first-aid kit as he carried it back to its clamp.
With the palm of a mighty hand he swatted viciously at the little figure.
"That mosquito is going to get swatted when he least expects it," Scotty promised.
"Take that," and I swatted him over the head with the turkey.
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.
verb
To strike; hit: He spoke up and got swatted for it (1796+)
