swatter

noun

swat·​ter ˈswä-tər How to pronounce swatter (audio)
: one that swats
especially : flyswatter

Examples of swatter in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Despite a couple swatter loads this duck did just that. Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 19 June 2024 Small shot has no place here, except for a handful of 5 or 6 steel shot swatter loads designed to subdue cripples. M.d. Johnson, Field & Stream, 8 Feb. 2024 Williams said the swatter, who has yet to be caught, made a hoax call claiming a shooting had occurred at Williams' home. Scott MacFarlane, CBS News, 19 Jan. 2024 By recording his network traffic, the investigator surreptitiously captured the swatter’s IP address along with a username that at the time was unknown to law enforcement. Dhruv Mehrotra, WIRED, 26 Jan. 2024 See all Example Sentences for swatter 

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Word History

First Known Use

1888, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of swatter was in 1888

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“Swatter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/swatter. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.

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