SWATTER

swatter, flyswatter, flyswat

(noun) an implement with a flat part (of mesh or plastic) and a long handle; used to kill insects

swatter

(verb) splash and flutter about in or as if in water; “She swattered about in the pool”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Noun

swatter (plural swatters)

Something used to swat with; a flyswatter.

Someone who swats.

Etymology 2

Verb

swatter (third-person singular simple present swatters, present participle swattering, simple past and past participle swattered)

(intransitive, UK, dialect) To spill water about.

Anagrams

• Stewart, Watters, tewarts

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

27 April 2024

GREAT

(adjective) remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; “a great crisis”; “had a great stake in the outcome”


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According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.

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