swatting
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swatting
verb
- present participle and gerund of swat
noun swattings
- A motion or gesture that swats; a swat. This […] evoked a new disorder — a tendency to sudden, tic-like jabbings and swattings in the air, as if she were fending off flies or mosquitoes.
- The action of making an illegitimate call to the police so as to have a SWAT team dispatched to a location. Swatting started in the combative world of online gaming. It was a way to terrorize someone more famous, get even with a rival or retaliate against someone with different political views.
Talk about this word "swatting." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/swatting. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. swatting. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/swatting "swatting." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/swatting.
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@misc{swatting_2026,
title = {swatting},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/swatting},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
