swatting

English

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Verb

swatting

1. Present participle of swat.

Noun

swatting (plural swattings)

1. A motion or gesture that swats; a swat.
   • Oliver Sacks, Awakenings

     This […] evoked a new disorder — a tendency to sudden, tic-like jabbings and swattings in the air, as if she were fending off flies or mosquitoes.