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swat

1
or swot

[ swot ]

verb (used with object)

, swat·ted, swat·ting.
  1. to hit; slap; smack.
  2. Baseball. to hit (a ball) powerfully, usually for a long distance.

noun

  1. a smart blow; slap; smack.
  2. Baseball. a powerfully hit ball.

swat

2

[ swot ]

verb

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

swat

3

[ swot ]

verb (used without object)

, swat·ted, swat·ting,

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)

, swat·ted or SWAT·ted, swat·ting or SWAT·ting.
  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

/ swɒt /

acronym for

  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

swat

2

/ swɒt /

verb

  1. to strike or hit sharply

    to swat a fly

noun

  1. See swatter
    another word (esp Brit) for swatter
  2. a sharp or violent blow

Swat

3

/ swɒt /

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)

swat

4

/ swɒt /

verb

  1. See swot
    a variant of swot 1

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Word 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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Word History and Origins

Origin of swat1

C17: northern English dialect and US variant of squat

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Example Sentences

Here opera arias prove more effective than a S.W.A.T. team and diplomats combined at resolving an international incident.

She spent the first decade of her career in roles like “Neighbor in Alley” in S.W.A.T. or “Big Customer” in Beauty Shop.

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