swat

• POS: Noun, Verb (usu participle)

CIDE DICTIONARY

swat, imp. 

 imp. of Sweat.  Chaucer.  [1913 Webster]

swat, v. t. 

•  to hit, especially with an instrument in the hand; to smack.
•  to hit (a baseball) powerfully, and for a long distance.

swat, n. 

•  a sharp blow, especially one made with an instrument in the hand.
•  a powerful hit, especially a home run.

swat, n. 

 a former state in Northwest India, now a part of Pakistan. It was ruled by a prince called a Wali.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

swat, v. & n.
--v.tr. (swatted, swatting)
1 crush (a fly etc.) with a sharp blow.
2 hit hard and abruptly.
--n. a swatting blow.

Etymology

17th c. in the sense 'sit down': N.Engl. dial. & US var. of SQUAT

THESAURUS

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