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SWAT
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SWAT  (swt)
abbr.
special weapons and tactics

swat  (swt)
tr.v. swat·ted, swat·ting, swats
To deal a sharp blow to; slap.
n.
A sharp blow; a slap.

[Alteration of squat, to squash (obsolete and dialectal).]

Swat [swɒt]
n
1. (Placename) a former princely state of NW India: passed to Pakistan in 1947
2. (Placename) 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 [swɒt]
n acronym for
(Law) 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

swat1
vb swats, swatting, swatted (tr)
to strike or hit sharply to swat a fly
n
1. another word (esp Brit) for swatter [1]
2. a sharp or violent blow Also swot
[northern English dialect and US variant of squat]

swat2
vb swats, swatting, swatted
n
a variant of swot1
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.SWATswat - a sharp blow                        
blow - a powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon; "a blow on the head"
Verb1.swat - hit swiftly with a violent blow; "Swat flies"
hit - deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument; "He hit her hard in the face"
Translations
swat [swɒt]
A. VT [+ fly] → aplastar, matar
B. VI to swat at a flytratar de aplastar or matar una mosca
C. N to give sth/sb a swatdar un zurriagazo a algo/algn
to take a swat at sth/sbintentar darle un zurriagazo a algo/algn

SWAT [ˈswɒt] SWAT team n (mainly US) (=Special Weapons and Tactics) → GIGN m(= groupe d'intervention de la gendarmerie nationale)
swat [ˈswɒt]
vt [+ fly] → écraser
n (British) (also fly swat) → tapette f

swat
vt flytotschlagen; tableschlagen auf (+acc)
vi to swat at a flynach einer Fliege schlagen
n
(= blow)Schlag m
(= fly swat)Fliegenklatsche f

SWAT [swɒt] n abbr (Am) =Special Weapons and Tactics corpo speciale di polizia
a SWAT team → un reparto di teste di cuoio
SWAT [swɒt] n abbr (Am) =Special Weapons and Tactics corpo speciale di polizia
a SWAT team → un reparto di teste di cuoio
swat [swɒt]
1. vt (fly) → schiacciare
2. n (Brit) (also fly swat) → acchiappamosche m inv

swat [swɒt]
1. vt (fly) → schiacciare
2. n (Brit) (also fly swat) → acchiappamosche m inv

swat
v swat [swot]
to crush (a fly etc) by slapping it with something flat He swatted the fly with a folded newspaper. klap, doodslaan يَضْرِبُ ذُبابَةً بِكَفِّه смачквам připlácnout smække zerquetschen κοπανίζω, χτυπώ aplastar; matar de un golpe lömastama مگس كش زدن liiskata écraser (avec une tapette) לְהַצלִיף בִּזבוּב मक्खी मारना zgnječiti, udariti (muhu) agyoncsap memukul slá schiacciare たたく (파리 등을 납작한 것으로) 때려 잡다 priploti, sutrėkšti sist (ar plakanu priekšmetu) memukul meppen smekke, slå (fluer) pacnąć esmagar a strivi прихлопнуть pritlačiť, plesnúť lopniti mlatnuti smälla [] ตีอย่างแรง (pat diye vurup) ezmek бити із силою ضرب لگانا đánh mạnh, đập nát
n
an act of swatting He gave the wasp a swat. slaan ضَرْبَةٌ بالكَف смачкване úder plácačkou smæk der Schlag κοπάνισμα golpe, manotazo (terav) löök مگس كش läimäys coup de tapette הַצלָפַת זְבוּב मक्खीमार, मक्खी मारने की थापी udarac (koji zgnječi što) csapás pemukulan snöggt högg colpo (secco) ひとたたき ‘찰싹’ 때리다 sutraiškymas sitiens pukulan mep smekk, slag pacnięcie pancada lovitură тяжёлый удар udrieť mucholapkou udarec mlaćenje smäll, dask การตีอย่างแรง ezme сильний удар; стусан کاری ضرب cú đập mạnh

SWAT يَضرِب ضربة عنيفة plácnout klaske schlagen κοπανάω golpear con contundencia läimäyttää écraser mlatnuti schiacciare ピシャリと打つ 찰싹 때리다 meppen smekke pacnąć esmagar шлепать smälla ตีอย่างแรง vurmak đánh mạnh 猛击


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