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English Idioms :: SWAT team
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swat.html - {n.}, {informal} Police unit trained for especially hazardous or sensitive law-enforcement assignments; short for Special Weapons and Tactics. * /Joe made the SWAT team of the NYPD due to his athletic skills./ |
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English Idioms :: swathe
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swat.html - See: CUT A SWATHE. |
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Traditional English :: swat
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swat.html - v. & n. --v.tr. (swatted, swatting)
1 crush (a fly etc.) with a sharp blow.
2 hit hard and abruptly. --n. a swatting blow. [17th c. in the sense 'sit down': N.Engl. dial. & US var. of SQUAT] |
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Traditional English :: swatch
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swat.html - n.
1 a sample, esp. of cloth or fabric.
2 a collection of samples. [17th c.: orig. unkn.] |
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Traditional English :: swath
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swat.html - n. (also swathe) (pl. swaths or swathes) 1 a ridge of grass or corn etc. lying after being cut. 2 a space left clear after the passage of a mower etc. 3 a broad strip. cut a wide swath be effective in destruction. [OE swóth, swathu] |
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Traditional English :: swathe
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swat.html - v. & n. --v.tr. bind or enclose in bandages or garments etc. --n. a bandage or wrapping. [OE swathian] |
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