Meaning

2 senses
  1. (transitive)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.

    schlagen, klatschen, totschlagen

    прихлопнутьprixlopnutʹ

  2. (US, slang, transitive)To illegitimately provoke a SWAT assault upon (someone).

More definitions
  • hit swiftly with a violent blow
  • to make an illegitimate call to the police so as to have a SWAT team dispatched to a location

Examples

18 sentences
  1. Tom swatted the mosquito.

  2. Tom swatted the flies.

    deTom erschlug die Fliegen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. Tom swatted the fly.

    ruТом прихлопнул муху. — Wezel

    deTom schlug die Fliege tot. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. Tom is a member of the SWAT team.

    ruТом - спецназовец. — odexed

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  5. Ziri has never been swatted before.

Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to beat off, as insects; to bat, strike, or hit:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to beat off, as insects; to bat, strike, or hit:

Origin

Alteration of squat.

Alteration of squat.

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Forms

swats, swatting, swatted, swatted
Base formswat · to swat
3rd person singularswats
Present participleswatting
Past simpleswatted
Past participleswatted

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyswat
he, she, itswats

Past simpleLesson

all personsswatted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave swatted
he, she, ithas swatted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill swat

Word family

2 related words
Relatedswatter
Derivedunswatted

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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