sb.1 north. dial. and U.S. Also swot. [f. SWAT v.1 Cf. SQUAT sb.1] A smart or violent blow. Also, a heavy fall.

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a. 1800.  Pegge, Suppl. Grose (MS.), Swat, a Blow.

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1847.  Halliwell, Swat … (4) A knock, or blow; a fall. North.

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1894.  Outing (U.S.), XXIV. 417/2. One ‘swat’ from his [sc. a bear’s] mighty fore-paw.

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1909.  Jack London, in Contemp. Rev., June, 704. I … ducked a swat from a club.

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    Swat, sb.2, a hard worker: see SWAT sb.

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