SWAT TEAM

Meaning of SWAT TEAM in English

noun

( especially US ) a group of police officers who are especially trained to deal with violent situations. SWAT stands for 'Special Weapons and Tactics'.

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WORD ORIGIN

1980s: acronym from Special Weapons and Tactics .

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

SWAT TEAM — team of law enforcement agents that are specially trained to deal with unusually dangerous or violent situations
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SWAT TEAM — [ swɔt ] ■ noun (in the US) a group of elite police marksmen who specialize in high-risk tasks such …
Concise Oxford English vocab
SWAT TEAM — SWAT team /ˈswɒt tiːm $ ˈswɑːt-/ BrE AmE noun [countable] especially American English (Special Weapons and Tactics team) a specially …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SWAT TEAM — ( SWAT teams) A SWAT team is a group of policemen who have been specially trained to deal with very …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SWAT TEAM — (~s) A ~ is a group of policemen who have been specially trained to deal with very dangerous or violent …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
SWAT TEAM — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Outside, a SWAT team captured him. ▪ The SWAT team waited about a half-hour before …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SWAT TEAM — {n.}, {informal} Police unit trained for especially hazardous or sensitive law-enforcement assignments; short for Special Weapons and Tactics. * /Joe …
Slang English vocab
SWAT TEAM — {n.}, {informal} Police unit trained for especially hazardous or sensitive law-enforcement assignments; short for Special Weapons and Tactics. * /Joe …
Словарь английских идиом
SWAT TEAM — n. , informal Police unit trained for especially hazardous or sensitive law-enforcement assignments; short for Special Weapons and Tactics. Joe …
American Idioms English vocabulary
SWAT TEAM — полицейские, натренированные сравляться с особо трудными и жестокими ситуациями
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
SWAT TEAM — полицейские, натренированные сравляться с особо трудными и жестокими ситуациями
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
SWAT TEAM — см SWAT unit
SWAT TEAM — см. SWAT unit
SWAT — dagpas
English-Visayan vocabulary
SWAT — noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: special weapons and tactics Date: 1968 a police or military unit specially trained and equipped …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
TEAM — I. ˈtēm noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English teme, tem, from Old English tēam offspring, lineage, group of draft …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SWAT — I. verb also swot ˈswä]t also -wȯ]; usu ]d.+V ( swatted ; swatted ; swatting ; swats ) Etymology: alteration …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SWAT — ˈswät abbreviation or noun ( -s ) Usage: sometimes not capitalized, often attributive Etymology: s pecial w eapons a nd …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SWAT — () of Sweat
Английский словарь Webster
SWAT — () imp. of Sweat.
Английский словарь Webster
TEAM — /teem/ , n. 1. a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest: a football …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SWAT — /swot/ , n. a special section of some law enforcement agencies trained and equipped to deal with especially dangerous or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SWAT — /swaht/ , n. 1. a former princely state in NW India: now a part of Pakistan. 2. Also, Swati . …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SWAT — swat 1 /swot/ , v. , swatted, swatting , n. v.t. 1. to hit; slap; smack. 2. Baseball. to hit …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TEAM — I. ˈtēm noun Etymology: Middle English teme, from Old English tēam offspring, lineage, group of draft animals; akin to Old …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TEAM — noun a flock of wild ducks. 2. team ·noun hence, a number of animals moving together. 3. team ·vt to …
Webster English vocab
SWAT — imp. of sweat. 2. swat ·- of sweat.
Webster English vocab
TEAM — [team] n [ME teme, fr. OE team offspring, lineage, group of draft animals; akin to OHG zoum rein, OE teon …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SWAT — [swat] vt swat.ted ; swat.ting [E dial., to squat, alter. of E squat] (ca. 1796): to hit with a sharp …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SWAT — [SWAT] abbreviation Special Weapons and Tactics
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SWAT — swat, Swat, SWAT BrE AmE swɒt AmE swɑːt (= swot) ▷ swats swɒts AmE swɑːts ▷ swatted ˈswɒt ɪd -əd …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
TEAM — / tiːm; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun [ C +sing./pl. v . ] 1. a group of people …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SWAT — / swɒt; NAmE swɑːt/ verb ( -tt- ) [ vn ] to hit sth, especially an insect, using your hand …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TEAM — I. team 1 S1 W1 AC /tiːm/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: 'young of an …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SWAT — swat /swɒt $ swɑːt/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle swatted , present participle swatting ) [transitive] …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TEAM — n. & v. --n. 1 a set of players forming one side in a game (a cricket team). 2 two …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TEAM — n. & v. n. 1 a set of players forming one side in a game (a cricket team). 2 two …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TEAM — n. & v. --n. 1. a set of players forming one side in a game (a cricket team). 2 two …
Oxford English vocab
TEAM — ( teams, teaming, teamed) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. A team …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SWAT — ( swats, swatting, swatted) If you swat something such as an insect, you hit it with a quick, swinging movement, …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TEAM — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a club/team record ▪ Irvin holds a team record with 111 catches this season. …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SWAT — verb COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADVERB away ▪ He had dismissed her from his mind as he would swat away …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SWAT — [verb] [T] -tt- - to hit (esp. an insect) with a wide or flat object or your handI swatted the …
Cambridge English vocab
TEAM — Synonyms and related words : age group, band, battalion, bevy, body, both, brace, bracket, brigade, bunch, cabal, cast, clique, cohort, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
TEAM — noun 1 group of people who play a sport together ADJECTIVE ▪ home , hometown ▪ away ( esp. BrE …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
SWAT — verb Swat is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ fly , ↑ mosquito
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
SWAT — noun SWAT is used before these nouns: ↑ team
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
TEAM — n. 25B6; noun the sales team : GROUP, squad, company, party, crew, troupe, band, side, line-up; informal bunch, gang, posse. …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
SWAT — Ship What's Available Today Special Weapons And Tactics (team) Staff Without Adequate Training For more possible definitions for SWAT , …
Most Common Acronyms and Abbreviations English vocabulary
TEAM — 1. сущ. 1) команда (особ. спортивная) to coach a team ≈ тренировать команду to disband, split up a team ≈ …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SWAT — 1. сущ. удар; хлопок, шлепок Syn : slap, smack 2. гл. ударять; бить, хлопать, шлепать Syn : strike, hit (американизм) …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SWAT — SWAT
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
SWAT — SWAT
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
SWAT — SWAT
Русско-Американский Английский словарь
TEAM — team.ogg 1. ti:m n 1. (спортивная) команда football National, reserve team - футбольная сборная, запасная команда second team - второй …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SWAT — 1. swɒt n амер. сильный, тяжёлый удар 2. swɒt v обыкн. амер. тяжело ударять to swat a mosquito - прихлопнуть …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
TEAM — бригада, группа - aircraft maintenance team - control room team - design team - face team - monitoring team - …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
TEAM — бригада, группа - aircraft maintenance team - control room team - design team - face team - monitoring team - photographic team - production team - program production …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
TEAM — 1) бригада 2) бригадный 3) группа 4) звено 5) коллектив 6) команда • member of launch team — космонавт. стартовик mine rescue team — горноспасательная бригада start-to-finish production team …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
TEAM
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
TEAM — 1. ti:m n 1. (спортивная) команда football National, reserve team - футбольная сборная, запасная команда second team - второй /запасной/ …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
SWAT — 1. swɒt n амер. сильный, тяжёлый удар 2. swɒt v обыкн. амер. тяжело ударять to swat a mosquito - прихлопнуть …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
TEAM
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
TEAM
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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