Swat

//swɑt// name, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    a valley and a district in NWFP administrative province of Pakistan
  2. 2
    a river in NWFP administrative province of Pakistan
Noun
  1. 1
    Acronym of special weapons and tactics, the area of expertise of police officers trained and equipped to neutralize armed or entrenched criminals. US, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable

    "After Trump won the 2024 election and rumors of a cost-cutting-and-efficiency SWAT team began to swirl, Dudek asked people he knew at big tech companies for introductions to potential DOGE members."

  2. 2
    A hard stroke, hit or blow, e.g., as part of a spanking.
  3. 3
    a sharp blow wordnet
  4. 4
    A SWAT team. US, countable, uncountable

    ""This situation is out of control. We need a SWAT," the policeman said."

  5. 5
    Alternative spelling of swot: vigorous study at an educational institution. alt-of, alternative

    "These seemed to be talking very vehemently about something they called " swat." One of these young gentlemen who had black hair and a pimpled face, seeing Peregrine, turned round and asked him "how far had he gone?" "Where" asked Peregrine, hastily. "In swat!" said the pimple-faced boy. "What's swat?" asked Peregrine Pultuney. "In your studies," said he of the pimples."

Verb
  1. 1
    To beat off, as insects; to bat, strike, or hit. transitive

    "He swatted the mosquito that was buzzing around in his bedroom."

  2. 2
    To illegitimately provoke a SWAT assault upon (someone). US, slang, transitive

    "The conspiracy, as alleged, began in November 2002, and has resulted in hundreds of harassing and swatting calls being made, both nationally and internationally, with hundreds of thousands of dollars in losses and the disruption hundreds of victims’ lives."

  3. 3
    to make an illegitimate call to the police so as to have a SWAT team dispatched to a location wordnet
  4. 4
    hit swiftly with a violent blow wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

Alteration of squat.

Etymology 2

Alteration of squat.

Etymology 3

See SWAT.

Etymology 4

From Urdu سوات (svāt).

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