Definitions of swat [ɒt]

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Definition of 'swat'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) swat
to hit sharply; slap; smack:
to swat a fly.

2. (n.) swat
a smart blow; slap; smack.

3. (n.) SWAT
a special section of some law enforcement agencies trained and equipped to deal with esp. dangerous or violent situations, as when hostages are being held (often used attributively):
a SWAT team.

Etymology: (S(pecial)W(eapons)a(nd)T(actics))

Definition of 'swat'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) swat
a sharp blow

2. (verb) swat
hit swiftly with a violent blow
"Swat flies"

Definition of 'swat'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) swat
to hit an insect
She swatted a mosquito.

Definition of 'swat'

Webster Dictionary

1. swat
imp. of Sweat

2. swat
of Sweat

Translation of 'swat'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to crush (a fly etc) by slapping it with something flat He swatted the fly with a folded newspaper.
Afrikaans: klap, doodslaan	Arabic: يَضْرِبُ ذُبابَةً بِكَفِّ	Bulgarian: смачквам
Brazilian: esmagar	Czech: připlácnout	German: zerquetschen
Danish: smække	Greek: κοπανίζω, χτυπώ	Spanish: aplastar; matar de un gol
Estonian: lömastama	Farsi: مگس كش زدن	Finnish: läimäyttää
French: écraser (avec une tapette	Hebrew: לְהַצלִיף בִּזבוּב	Hindi: मक्खी मारना
Croatian: zgnječiti, udariti (muhu)	Hungarian: agyoncsap	Indonesian: memukul
Icelandic: slá	Italian: schiacciare	Japanese: たたく
Korean: (파리 등을 납작한 것으로) 때려 잡다	Lithuanian: priploti, sutrėkšti	Latvian: sist (ar plakanu priekšme
Malay: memukul	Dutch: meppen	Norwegian: smekke, slå (fluer)
Polish: pacnąć	Persian: مگس كش زدن	Pashto: وار، ګوزار،چختاړول
Portuguese: esmagar	Romanian: a strivi	Russian: прихлопнуть
Slovak: pritlačiť, plesnúť	Slovenian: lopniti	Serbian: mlatnuti
Swedish: smälla [till]	Thai: ตีอย่างแรง	Turkish: (pat diye vurup) ezmek
Taiwanese: 拍	Ukrainian: бити із силою	Urdu: ضرب لگانا
Vietnamese: đánh mạnh, đập nát	Chinese: 重拍
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