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• n  an implement with a flat part (of mesh or plastic) and a long handle; used to kill insects
• v  splash and flutter about in or as if in water
  She swattered about in the pool

• The little old man, who has wings, flops awkwardly about, annoying Comrades who sometimes smack him with a fly swatter while the little white bird squawks in terror.
• Last week Pern seemed to have the swatter poised; a new decree required each paper to carry its printer's name and address on penalty of confiscation of the issue.
• Hoover is, after all, our official spy swatter.

• flyswatter
• flyswat

News & Articles

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• Deputies: Marysville man hits toddler, says 'she hit me first'
  A convicted felon and registered sex offender accused of attacking a 2-year-old girl with a fly swatter said he did so because the toddler "hit him first," according to Snohomish County sheriff's deputies.
  June 28, 2013 - KOMO Seattle
• Toddler assault suspect to police: she hit me first
  A Snohomish County man was arrested Wednesday for hitting a 2-year-old girl with a fly swatter. His claim to police after the girl was crying: she hit me first. Court documents show the suspect, Frank Wayne Moore, is also a felon and registered sex offender. Deputies were called to a section of 25 th Avenue Northeast near McCarthy Boulevard, part of unincorporated Marysville, shortly after 8 p.m ...
  June 27, 2013 - KIRO 7 Seattle-Tacoma

Quotes

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• Ron Wilson in Contra Costa Times
  Do you think the financial crisis was an ant and we just need a little ant swatter to fix this thing? He can't be that out of touch with the struggles of American families, and if he is, then he's got to come here to Racine and ask people what they... Barack Obama http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNHQ0yfPaaXFGqLKymRgcres0I2nuA New York Daily News http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2010/07/01/2010-07-01_bam_bombs_goper_for_nuke_and_ant_reform_analogy.html&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNEwH21o-s3p-TPnNHO4Cpeh8ORMZA Jul 1, 2010 97151 128760 swatter If somebody's not holding up their end of the bargain, I've explained to them, I'm kind of the hammer, you guys are the fly swatters," Wilson said. "If the fly swatter doesn't work, then you see the hammer. And if the hammer eventually...
• Dusty Baker in MLB.com
  They both get on base. They're both pests. You'd rather have them on your team than the other side. I used to kind of curse Juan Pierre out quite a bit from our side,Baker said. "I wish I had a fly-swatter a few times. These guys get under...