swatting Synonyms
Strongest:
- whacking
- knocking
- striking
- clapping
- slapping
- swiping
- batting
- hitting
- slamming
- pounding
- smacking
- clipping
- punching
- banging
Strong:
- nailing
- tapping
- slogging
- tagging
- kicking
- flicking
- slugging
- bumping
- bobbing
- bopping
- clocking
- clobbering
- shoving
- zapping
- smiting
- stabbing
- busting
- licking
- boxing
- bonking
- bashing
- poking
- belting
- jabbing
- thumping
- pasting
- chopping
- socking
- pushing
- stroking
- walloping
- thwacking
- rapping
- clouting
- cracking
- hammering
- biffing
- bludgeoning
Weak:
- stamping
- prodding
- cuffing
- caning
- leveling
- mauling
- spearing
- pommelling
- bunting
- lashing
- buffeting
- kneeing
- roughing
- creaming
- cudgeling
- jostling
- sapping
- peppering
- thrashing
- flooring
- felling
- pummeling
- flogging
- battering
- sledging
- dumping
- flailing
- lambasting
- scuffing
- levelling
- beaning
- pommeling
- knocking-down
- braining
- cudgelling
- bowling-down-or-over-
- slashing
- hanging-one-on
- lacing
- switching
- bunging
- conking
- clubbing
- whaling
- beating
- decking
- butting
- pelting
- drubbing
- pummelling
- mangling
- whipping
swatting Meaning
swatting
a powerful or crushing blow, to hit with a sharp slapping blow usually with an instrument (such as a bat or flyswatter), to make a false report of an ongoing serious crime in order to elicit a response from law enforcement (such as the dispatch of a SWAT unit), to hit with a quick hard blow, a police or military unit specially trained and equipped to handle unusually hazardous situations or missions, home run, a long hit in baseball
swatting Sentence Examples
- The police swatted the suspected criminal's house in a surprise raid.
- The swatting incident was a dangerous prank that could have led to tragedy.
- The teenager who swatted a school was arrested and charged with a felony.
- The swatting call was a hoax, and the police quickly determined it was false.
- The swatting incident traumatized the family that was targeted.
- The swatting call was made anonymously, and the caller has not been identified.
- The police are investigating the swatting incident and are seeking the perpetrator.
- The swatting epidemic has become a major problem for law enforcement.
- The swatting incident sparked outrage in the community.
- The swatting call was made from a discarded cell phone, which has complicated the investigation.
FAQs About the word swatting
a powerful or crushing blow, to hit with a sharp slapping blow usually with an instrument (such as a bat or flyswatter), to make a false report of an ongoing se
whacking, knocking, striking, clapping, slapping, swiping, batting, hitting, slamming, pounding
No antonyms found.
The police swatted the suspected criminal's house in a surprise raid.
The swatting incident was a dangerous prank that could have led to tragedy.
The teenager who swatted a school was arrested and charged with a felony.
The swatting call was a hoax, and the police quickly determined it was false.
