swatter

[ swot-er ]
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noun
  1. a person or thing that swats.

Origin of swatter

1
First recorded in 1910–15; swat1 + -er1

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How to use swatter in a sentence

  • For him the inconceivable disaster was complete and utter; upon him despair descended as a patent swatter upon a lone housefly.

    The Life of the Party | Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb

British Dictionary definitions for swatter

swatter

/ (ˈswɒtə) /


noun
  1. a device for killing insects, esp a meshed flat attached to a handle

  2. a person who swats

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