swat

See also: Swat, SWAT, and S.W.A.T.

English

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /swɒt/, /swŏt/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɒt

Etymology 1

Verb

swat (third-person singular simple present swats, present participle swatting, simple past and past participle swatted)

  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.
    • 2017, Jennifer S. Holland, For These Monkeys, It’s a Fight for Survival., National Geographic (March 2017)
      During my first day in the woods, Raoul, the big alpha male of Rambo II, opened wide to show me his dagger-sharp canines, then sauntered by and swatted my calf with a stick—letting me know my place in the social order. (Low.)
Translations

Noun

swat (plural swats)

  1. A hard stroke, hit or blow, e.g., as part of a spanking.
Translations

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Etymology 2

Verb

swat (third-person singular simple present swats, present participle swatting, simple past and past participle swatted)

  1. (slang) To illegitimately provoke a SWAT assault upon (someone).

Anagrams

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *swait-, from Proto-Indo-European *swoyd-, *sweyd-. Cognate with Old Saxon swêt, Old High German sweiz, Old Norse sveiti (“sweat, blood”). The Indo-European root also gave Latin sudor, Sanskrit स्वेद (sveda).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /swɑːt/

Noun

swāt m

  1. blood

Descendants

Polish

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /sfat/

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Noun

swat m pers

  1. matchmaker
  2. father of one's child-in-law

Declension

  • swatka (noun; feminine equivalent)
  • swatać (verb; to matchmake)
  • swatanie (noun; the act of matchmaking)
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