swat
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- Rhymes: -ɒt
[edit] Verb
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to 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.
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to beat off, as insects; to bat, strike, or hit
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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.
[edit] Translations
a hard stroke, hit or blow, e.g., as part of a spanking
the exchange, in turns, of swats
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[edit] Etymology
From Germanic *swait-, from 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 IE root also gave Latin sudor.
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /swa:t/
[edit] Noun
swāt m
