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swat
1or swot
[ swot ]
swat
2[ swot ]
verb
Dialect.
- simple past tense and past participle of sweat.
swat
3[ swot ]
verb (used without object)
swatted, swatting,
Swat
4[ swaht ]
SWAT
5or S.W.A.T.
[ swot ]
noun
- 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)
swatted or SWATted, swatting or SWATting.
- 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/ ɒ /
noun
- a former princely state of NW India: passed to Pakistan in 1947
- 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
2/ ɒ /
acronym for
- 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
3/ ɒ /
verb
- to strike or hit sharply
to swat a fly
noun
- another word (esp Brit) for swatter
- a sharp or violent blow
swat
4/ ɒ /
verb
- a variant of swot 1
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Word History and Origins
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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