swatter

English

Etymology 1

swat +‎ -er

Noun

swatter (plural swatters)

  1. Something used to swat with; a flyswatter.
  2. Someone who swats.

Etymology 2

Compare Dutch swaddren (“to dabble in water”).

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive, Britain, dialectal) To spill water about.

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