Swat

8 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Swat \Swat\, obs.
     imp. of {Sweat}. --Chaucer.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Swat \Swat\ (sw[o^]t), v. t.
     1. to hit, especially with an instrument in the hand; to
        smack.
  
     2. (Baseball) to hit (a baseball) powerfully, and for a long
        distance.

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Swat \Swat\ (sw[o^]t), n. [Also spelled {swot}.]
     1. a sharp blow, especially one made with an instrument in
        the hand.
  
     2. (Baseball) a powerful hit, especially a home run.

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Swat \Swat\ (sw[o^]t), n.
     a former state in Northwest India, now a part of Pakistan. It
     was ruled by a prince called a Wali. SWAT team

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  SWAT team \SWAT" team`\, Swat team \Swat" team`\(sw[o^]t"
     t[=e]m), n. [acronym: Special Weapons and Training.]
     a special group of police trained to deal with unusually
     dangerous or violent situations, and having special weapons,
     such as rifles more powerful than those carried by regular
     police officers. They are employed, for example, in
     situations when hostages are being held, or heavily armed
     persons need to be captured. Called also {SWAT} or
     {S.W.A.T.}.

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sweat \Sweat\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sweat} or {Sweated} (Obs.
     {Swat}); p. pr. & vb. n. {Sweating}.] [OE. sweten, AS.
     swaetan, fr. sw[=a]t, n., sweat; akin to OFries. & OS.
     sw[=e]t, D. zweet, OHG. sweiz, G. schweiss, Icel. sviti,
     sveiti, Sw. svett, Dan. sved, L. sudor sweat, sudare to
     sweat, Gr. ?, ?, sweat, ? to sweat, Skr. sv[=e]da sweat, svid
     to sweat. [root]178. Cf. {Exude}, {Sudary}, {Sudorific}.]
     1. To excrete sensible moisture from the pores of the skin;
        to perspire. --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Fig.: To perspire in toil; to work hard; to drudge.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              He 'd have the poets sweat.           --Waller.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. To emit moisture, as green plants in a heap.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  swat
       n : a sharp blow
       v : hit swiftly with a violent blow; "Swat flies"
       [also: {swatting}, {swatted}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  69 Moby Thesaurus words for "swat":
     bang, bash, bat, beating, belt, biff, blow, bonk, chop, clap, clip,
     clobber, clout, clump, coldcock, conk, crack, cut, dash, deal,
     deal a blow, deck, dig, dint, drub, drubbing, drumming, fetch,
     fetch a blow, fusillade, hit, hit a clip, jab, knock, knock cold,
     knock down, knock out, let have it, lick, paste, pelt, plunk, poke,
     pound, punch, rap, slam, slog, slug, smack, smash, smite, snap,
     soak, sock, strike, strike at, stroke, swing, swipe, tattoo, thump,
     thwack, wallop, whack, wham, whop, wipe, yerk