Swat
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English
Verb
Swat (third-person singular simple present Swats, present participle swatting, simple past and past participle swatted)
- (transitive or intransitive) to beat off, as insects; to bat, strike, or hit.
- He swatted the mosquito that was buzzing around in his bedroom.
- The cat swatted at the feather.
Noun
Swat (plural Swats)- a hard stroke, hit or blow, e.g., as part of a spanking.
- the exchange, in turns, of swats, usually with a paddle and to the (sometimes bared) buttocks, either as a macho dare or imposed as a 'self-inflicted' corporal punishment or as part of a fraternity-type hazing.
- (slang) a school pupil thought to be more intelligent than the other members of the class, who shows off his or her ability to its full.
Thesaurus
bang, bash, bat, beating, belt, biff, blow, bonk, chop, clap, clip, clobber, clout, clump, coldcock, conk, crack, cut, dash, deal, deal a blow, deck, dig, dint, drub, drubbing, drumming, fetch, fetch a blow, fusillade, hit, hit a clip, jab, knock, knock cold, knock down, knock out, let have it, lick, paste, pelt, plunk, poke, pound, punch, rap, slam, slog, slug, smack, smash, smite, snap, soak, sock, strike, strike at, stroke, swing, swipe, tattoo, thump, thwack, wallop, whack, wham, whop, wipe, yerk
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Old English
Noun
swāt m.
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *swait-, from Proto-Indo-European *swoid-.
Cognate with Old Saxon swêt (Dutch zweet), Old High German sweiz (German Schweiß ‘sweat’), Old Norse sveiti ‘sweat, blood’ (Swedish svett, Danish sved), Sanskrit स्वेद (sveda). The Indo-European root also gave Latin sudor.
Pronunciation
- IPA: /swaːt/
