swatter

noun

swat·​ter ˈswä-tər How to pronounce swatter (audio)
: one that swats
especially : flyswatter

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So the team decided to create a model of the brain circuits that allow a fruit fly to detect motion, like the approach of a fast moving hand or fly swatter. Jon Hamilton, NPR, 17 Sep. 2024 Dana Taylor: What are the swatters trying to accomplish here? Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 8 July 2024 Despite a couple swatter loads this duck did just that. Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 19 June 2024 Small shot has no place here, except for a handful of 5 or 6 steel shot swatter loads designed to subdue cripples. M.d. Johnson, Field & Stream, 8 Feb. 2024 See all Example Sentences for swatter 

Word History

First Known Use

1888, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of swatter was in 1888

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“Swatter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/swatter. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.

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