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swatter

[ swot-er ]

noun

  1. a person or thing that swats. swat. swats.


ˈswatter

/ ˈswɒtə /

noun

  1. a device for killing insects, esp a meshed flat attached to a handle
  2. a person who swats
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of swatter1

First recorded in 1910–15; swat 1 + -er 1
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Example Sentences

When a swatter is convicted on federal charges, the typical sentence is five to 10 years, Kolbye said.

One player carrying a swatter (belt, knotted towel, etc.), runs around outside of circle and places swatter in someone's hand.

Killing enraged bees with a swatter or the end of a broom or plank was keen sport and one culled with knife edge excitement.

The player with the swatter follows the runner and swats him until he is back in position.

Several leaves, tied to the end of a stick, are used as a swatter to catch fruit bats in flight: Caesalpinia nuga.

For him the inconceivable disaster was complete and utter; upon him despair descended as a patent swatter upon a lone housefly.

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