swatverb [ T ]
uk/swɒt/us/swɑːt/-tt-to hit something, especially an insect, with a flat object or your hand:
I swatted the fly with a rolled-up newspaper.
He tried to swat the ball too hard, and missed it entirely.
figurative These missiles are capable of swatting enemy planes with deadly accuracy.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Hitting and beating
- a bunch of fives idiom
- a rap on/over the knuckles idiom
- at-risk
- bang up sb/sth
- bashing
- deck
- hell
- kick
- knock
- knock sb's block off idiom
- lay
- lay sb out
- licking
- mess sb up
- pound
- pummel
- put the boot in idiom
- swing
- thump
- whack
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swat
noun [ C ] ukus
He gave the mosquito a swat.