swatter

English

Etymology 1

swat +‎ -er

Noun

swatter (plural swatters)

1. Something used to swat with; a flyswatter.
2. Someone who swats.

Derived terms

• fire swatter
• flyswatter

 

Etymology 2

Compare Dutch swaddren (“to dabble in water”).

Verb

swatter (third-person singular simple present swatters, present participle swattering, simple past and past participle swattered)

1. (intransitive, UK, dialect) To spill water about.

Anagrams

• Stewart, Watters, tewarts