a device for killing flies, esp a meshed flat attached to a handle
fly swatter in American English
noun
a device for killing flies, mosquitoes, and other insects, usually a square sheet of wire mesh attached to a long handle
Also: fly-swatter, flyswatter
Word origin
[1885–90]This word is first recorded in the period 1885–90. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: booster, classified, lineup, roller coaster, upsweep
Examples of 'fly swatter' in a sentence
fly swatter
I'd catch flies for them with a fly swatter.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Expect water sprayers, giant fly-swatters, anti-gravity rooms and more.
The Sun (2012)
They feel emotional pain and can even make basic tools like fly swatters out of branches.