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swatter

swatter noun: something used to swat with; a flyswatter.

Noun

swatter (plural swatters)

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

Verb

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

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

swatter meaning in Tamil

swatter in Tamil

ஈக்கொல்லி

Forms of swatter

Noun
pluralswatters
Verb
third-person singular presentswatters
present participleswattering
past participleswattered
pastswattered

Origin of swatter

From swat + -er.

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

Words formed from swatter

Phrases with swatter

Questions about swatter

What does swatter mean?
Swatter means something used to swat with; a flyswatter.
What is swatter in Tamil?
Swatter in Tamil is ஈக்கொல்லி. See Swatter meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is swatter?
Swatter can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of swatter?
The plural of swatter is swatters.

Words near swatter in the dictionary

  1. Swati
  2. Swatis
  3. Swatow
  4. swats
  5. swatted
  6. swatter
  7. swattered
  8. swattering
  9. swatters
  10. swatting
  11. swattings

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: swatter (page history and authors); swatter (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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