| VERB | contact | swatter | splash and flutter about in or as if in water |
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| NOUN | artifact | swatter, flyswatter, flyswat | an implement with a flat part (of mesh or plastic) and a long handle |
| Meaning | An implement with a flat part (of mesh or plastic) and a long handle; used to kill insects. | |
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| Synonyms | flyswatter, flyswat | |
| Broader | implement | instrumentation (a piece of equipment or tool) used to effect an end |
| Spanish | matamoscas | |
| Catalan | matamosques | |
| Verbs | swat | hit swiftly with a violent blow |
| swatter | splash and flutter about in or as if in water | |
| Meaning | splash and flutter about in or as if in water. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Something is ----ing PP | |
| Example | "She swattered about in the pool" | |
| Broader | splash | strike and dash about in a liquid / liquid |
| Nouns | swatter | an implement with a flat part (of mesh or plastic) and a long handle |
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