swats

[swats]

noun

(used with a plural verb)

1. sweet, new beer or ale.

Word History and Origins

Origin of swats¹

1500–10; compare Old English swatan beer (plural)

Example Sentences

Jennie could be your cool older sister, all dark sunglasses and leather jackets, as she swats away her choreography like a pesky house fly.

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At Henry’s school, a teacher swats down the boy’s interest in science in favor of ranting about his dismal salary.

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One woman casually approaches the scrum while pushing a stroller, leans over with one hand and swats at the woman on the ground while still holding onto the stroller.

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In another video, of a man who takes his wife to lunch, there is a short clip of his wife trying to steal a French fry, before he quickly swats her hand away.

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Most parents here consent to corporal punishment for misbehaving children, though the superintendent says he rarely swats kids with the paddle.

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