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swat

1
Or swot

[swot]

verb (used with object)

swatted, swatting 
  1. to hit; slap; smack.

  2. Baseball.Ìýto hit (a ball) powerfully, usually for a long distance.



noun

  1. a smart blow; slap; smack.

  2. Baseball.Ìýa powerfully hit ball.

swat

2

[swot]

verb

Dialect.
  1. simple past tense and past participle of sweat.

swat

3

[swot]

verb (used without object)

swatted, swatting 
  1. swot.

Swat

4

[swaht]

noun

  1. a former princely state in NW India: now a part of Pakistan.

  2. Also a Muslim inhabitant of Swat.

SWAT

5
Or S.W.A.T.

[swot]

noun

  1. a special section of some law enforcement agencies trained and equipped to deal with especially dangerous or violent situations, as when hostages are being held (often used attributively).

    a SWAT team.

verb (used with or without object)

swatted, SWATted, swatting, SWATting. 
  1. Usually swat to cause a SWAT team to be deployed on (an unsuspecting victim, especially a public figure or someone prominent on social media) by falsifying a threat, often as a punishment or retaliation.

    His plan was to swat other gamers during their streaming broadcasts so everyone would see it happen.

    The film’s director was swatted when the sequel disappointed fans.

swat

1

/ ²õ·ÉÉ’³Ù /

verb

  1. to strike or hit sharply

    to swat a fly

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. another word (esp Brit) for swatter

  2. a sharp or violent blow

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Swat

2

/ ²õ·ÉÉ’³Ù /

noun

  1. a former princely state of NW India: passed to Pakistan in 1947

  2. a river in Pakistan, rising in the north and flowing south to the Kabul River north of Peshawar. Length: about 640 km (400 miles)

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

SWAT

3

/ ²õ·ÉÉ’³Ù /

acronym

  1. Special Weapons and Tactics: a military-like unit within the US police force, trained to deal with specially dangerous situations, such as hostage-taking and riots

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

swat

4

/ ²õ·ÉÉ’³Ù /

verb

  1. a variant of swot 1

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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of swat1

First recorded in 1615–25; originally variant of squat

Origin of swat2

First recorded in 1965–70; acronym from S(pecial) W(eapons) a(nd) T(actics)
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of swat1

C17: northern English dialect and US variant of squat
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Four of his sixes were swatted over the leg side, the other slapped over mid-off.

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Even as Washington turns away to return to his “Highest 2 Lowest†team, the photographer grabs the star by his forearm again, prompting him to swat it away.

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To attorney Caree Harper, who is handling the couple’s lawsuit, the new agreement — which describes Houseton as “swatting†the deputy’s arm — appears to be “changing the facts†and is not supported by video evidence.

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The agreement makes references to the woman having “resisted†Kirk’s attempt to detain her and describes her as “swatting†at the deputy’s arm.

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The “swatting†incidents he organized in 2020 took place in California, Michigan, Montana, Georgia, Virginia, Texas, Illinois, Florida and Alabama.

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