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Definitions for Swats

[1] sweet, new beer or ale.
[2] to hit; slap; smack.
[3] Baseball . to hit (a ball) powerfully, usually for a long distance.
[4] a smart blow; slap; smack.
[5] Baseball . a powerfully hit ball.
[6] simple past tense and past participle of sweat.
[7] swot2.
[8] a former princely state in NW India: now a part of Pakistan.
[9] Also Swati. a Muslim inhabitant of Swat.
[10] 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.
[11] Usually swat . (especially among online video gamers) to cause a SWAT team to be deployed on (an unsuspecting victim) by falsifying a threat, often as a punishment or retaliation: The prankster planned to swat other gamers during their streaming broadcasts so everyone would see it happen. Several members of the development team were swatted when the game expansion disappointed fans.
[12] a former princely state of NW India: passed to Pakistan in 1947
[13] a river in Pakistan, rising in the north and flowing south to the Kabul River north of Peshawar. Length: about 640 km (400 miles)
[14] 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
[15] to strike or hit sharply to swat a fly
[16] another word (esp Brit) for swatter (def. 1)
[17] a sharp or violent blow
[18] a variant of swot 1

Words related to Swats

knock, smash, slap, whack, smack, clobber, slug, box, ding, biff, beat, sock, clout, cuff, buffet, wallop, strike, belt

Words nearby Swats

swatch, swath, swathe, swati, swatow, swats, swatter, sway, sway bar, sway-back, swayback

Origin of Swats

(pecial) W(eapons) a(nd) T(actics)

Word origin for Swats

C17: northern English dialect and US variant of squat

Synonyms for Swats

clobber, knock, slap, slug, smack, smash, whack, beat, belt, biff, box, buffet, clout, cuff, ding, sock, strike, wallop