swatter
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
swatter (plural swatters)
- Something used to swat with; a flyswatter.
- Someone who swats.
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Compare Dutch swaddren (“to dabble in water”).
Verb edit
swatter (third-person singular simple present swatters, present participle swattering, simple past and past participle swattered)
- (intransitive, UK, dialect) To spill water about.