swat

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /swɒt/ (General American, dialects of Canada) IPA(key): /swɑt/ (Canada, dialects of the US) IPA(key): /swɒt/ (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /swɔt/, /swɒt/ Rhymes: -ɒt Homophone: SWAT === Etymology 1 === Alteration of squat. ==== Verb ==== swat (third-person singular simple present swats, present participle swatting, simple past and past participle swatted) (transitive) To beat off, as insects; to bat, strike, or hit. 2017, Jennifer S. Holland, For These Monkeys, It’s a Fight for Survival., National Geographic (March 2017)[1] During my first day in the woods, Raoul, the big alpha male of Rambo II, opened wide to show me his dagger-sharp canines, then sauntered by and swatted my calf with a stick—letting me know my place in the social order. (Low.) ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Noun ==== swat (plural swats) A hard stroke, hit or blow, e.g., as part of a spanking. Alternative spelling of swot: vigorous study at an educational institution. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== See also ==== flyswatter === Etymology 2 === See SWAT. ==== Verb ==== swat (third-person singular simple present swats, present participle swatting, simple past and past participle swatted) (US, slang, transitive) To illegitimately provoke a SWAT assault upon (someone). === References === === Anagrams === 'twas, ATWS, AWTs, TAWS, TWAs, WSTA, sawt, staw, taws, was't, wast, wats == Louisiana Creole == === Etymology === From French soit (“thus”). === Conjunction === swat or == Maltese == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /swaːt/ Rhymes: -aːt === Noun === swat plural of sawt == Old English == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *swait-, from Proto-Indo-European *swoyd-, *sweyd-. Cognate with Old Saxon swêt, Old High German sweiz, Old Norse sveiti (“sweat, blood”), Latin sudor, Sanskrit स्वेद (sveda). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /swɑːt/ Rhymes: -ɑːt === Noun === swāt m or n sweat used of other moisture that comes from the body, especially blood ==== Declension ==== Strong a-stem: ==== Derived terms ==== swǣtan (“to sweat”) swātiġ (“sweaty”) swātþȳrel (“a pore”) ==== Descendants ==== English: swate, swote, swot, swete, swet English: sweat == Polish == === Alternative forms === szwat (Żywiec) swot (Łowicz, Kocierzew, Rogóźno, Złaków Borowy) === Etymology === Inherited from Old Polish swat, from Proto-Slavic *svatъ. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -at Syllabification: swat Homophone: Swat === Noun === swat m pers (female equivalent swatka) matchmaker father of one's child-in-law (Przemyśl) wedding function (particular role or position for someone at a wedding) ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “swat”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[7] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN “swat”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[8] (in Polish) Aleksander Saloni (1908), “swat”, in “Lud rzeszowski”, in Materyały Antropologiczno-Archeologiczne i Etnograficzne‎[9] (in Polish), volume 10, Kraków: Akademia Umiejętności, page 341 Halina Świderska (1929), “sfat”, in Dialekt Księstwa Łowickiego (in Polish), Warsaw, →ISBN, page 132