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swat

verbosostantivoverbocorrente nei dialoghi

  • Regno Unito//swɒt//
  • Stati Uniti//swɑt//
  • Canada//swɒt//
  • Australia//swɔt//
  • Australia//swɒt//

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

verbo

  1. 1

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

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

    The cat swatted at the feather.

    However, Johnstons luck seems to have run out, as it is hit almost simultaneously by three 18-inch shells and three 6.1-inch shells from Yamato, which has decided to swat' the irritating vessel.

Etimologia

Alteration of squat.

sostantivo

  1. 1

    A hard stroke, hit or blow, e.g., as part of a spanking.

  2. 2

    Variante di swotAlternative spelling of swot: vigorous study at an educational institution.

    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.

verbo

  1. 1

    gergoTo illegitimately provoke a SWAT assault upon (someone).

    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.

    “You've just been swatted.” “What?” Sophia asked. “A spoofed call to police, claiming an emergency, to get a SWAT response,” Evelyn said. Realizing why the SWAT officer had noticed the controller, she guessed, […]

    “Gonna need the instagram account … or i will continue to swat and harass you and your family,” Mr. Sonderman or one of his co-conspirators wrote in March 2020, according to court documents.

Etimologia

See SWAT.

Forme

plurale
swats
passato
swatted
participio passato
swatted
participio presente
swatting
3ª persona singolare
swats
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