FLYSWATTER

Meaning of FLYSWATTER in English

fly ‧ swat ‧ ter /ˈflaɪˌswɒtə $ -ˌswɑːtər/ BrE AmE noun [countable]

a piece of plastic that you use for hitting and killing flies

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Longman - Словарь современного английского языка. 2012

FLYSWATTER — noun Date: 1917 a device for killing insects that consists of a flat piece of perforated rubber or plastic or …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
FLYSWATTER — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun also flyswat ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ : swatter
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FLYSWATTER — n. fly swatter, small hand-held paddle used to kill flies
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
FLYSWATTER — noun Date: 1917 : a device for killing insects that consists of a flat piece of perforated rubber or plastic …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FLYSWATTER — [fly.swat.ter] n (1917): a device for killing insects that consists of a flat piece of perforated rubber or plastic or …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FLYSWATTER — flyswatter BrE AmE ˈflaɪ ˌswɒt ə AmE \ -ˌswɑːt̬ ə r ▷ flyswatter|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
FLYSWATTER — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ What he saw made him turn away and find the flyswatter .
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FLYSWATTER — n. Pronunciation: - ˌ swä-t ə r Function: noun Date: 1917 : a device for killing insects that consists of …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
FLYSWAT — noun see flyswatter
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SWATTER — I. ˈswatər intransitive verb Etymology: probably from German dialect schwattern, schwadern to splash, spill, scatter, of imitative origin chiefly Scotland …
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STRIKE — I. ˈstrīk verb ( struck ˈstrək ; struck “ ; also strick·en ˈstrikən ; striking ˈstrīkiŋ ; strikes ) Etymology: …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FLAPPER — I. ˈflapə(r) noun ( -s ) 1. : one that flaps: as a. : a person or thing that reminds …
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
FLY SWATTER — a device for killing flies, mosquitoes, and other insects, usually a square sheet of wire mesh attached to a long …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SWAT — I. ˈswät transitive verb ( swat·ted ; swat·ting ) Etymology: English dialect, to squat, alteration of English squat Date: circa …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SWATTER — noun Date: 1888 : one that swats ; especially : flyswatter
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SWATTER — [swat.ter] n (1912): one that swats; esp: flyswatter
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FLAPPER — [flap.per] n (ca. 1570) 1 a: one that flaps b: something (as a flyswatter) used in flapping or striking c: …
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