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to swat

to swat

3 9.9
To make a false police report to send an armed team to someone's home
  • verb
  • /swɑt/
  • Offensive
translation icon : hacer swatting
  • So yesterday they took their shot at swatting us.

So what I'm doing is I'm going to SWAT my own house.

Examples

  • So what I'm doing is I'm going to SWAT my own house.

    CreepCast

  • "I'm going to swat you."

    Fiction book (1991)

  • So if you think you're cute ass calling on Skype can swat someone and not be found out, Not the case.

  • You got two seconds to get out of my face, or I'm going to swat your fat ass with this broom, like you were a fly at a church picnic.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • He thought it would be funny to swat his rival's location, but it ended with serious consequences.

  • After a prank gone wrong, she was arrested for trying to swat an influencer's house.

  • The online threat to swat the streamer caused the police to respond swiftly and seriously.

Antonyms

to tell the truth
814 2.7

Say what really happened without hiding facts or lying

Compounds

SWAT team
  • US
49 3.9

A group of police trained to handle dangerous incidents like hostage situations

SWAT team
  • Jargon
1 3.8

A small team from different departments sent to fix urgent problems quickly

Sultan of Swat
8.0

A nickname for Babe Ruth, a famous baseball player who hit many home runs

SWAT squad
  • US
5.8

A police team trained to handle violent, dangerous events like armed standoffs or hostage crises

How Harmful

to swat
  • Offensive
3 9.9
hoax
166 4.1
to misreport
  • Literature
3 5.8
prank
  • Informal
202 3.2

Surface Forms

swat infinitive
swatted past
swatted past participle
swatting present participle
swats third person singular

Etymology

Swat in this modern sense comes from the police name SWAT ('Special Weapons and Tactics'), so to swat someone is to call that armed police team on them, often as a dangerous prank.