swat

• (US) IPA^(key): /swɒt/, /swŏt/

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• Rhymes: -ɒt

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.)

swat (plural swats)

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

• flyswatter

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).

• 'twas, ATWS, AWTs, TWAs, WSTA, sawt, staw, taws, was't, wast, wats

From French soit (“thus”).

swat

1. or

• sƿāt

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).

• IPA^(key): /swɑːt/

swāt m or n

1. sweat
2. used of other moisture that comes from the body, especially blood

• swǣtan (to sweat)
• swātiġ (sweaty)
• swātþyrel (a pore)

• Middle English: swate, swote, swot, swete, swet
  • English: sweat

• IPA^(key): /sfat/

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swat m pers (feminine swatka)

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

• (nouns) swach m pers, swacha f, swachna f, swatanie n (the act of matchmaking)
• (verb) swatać (to matchmake)

• swat in Polish dictionaries at PWN