swatted

verb

past tense of swat
as in smacked
to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner didn't sleep a wink all night because she was too busy swatting mosquitoes

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Recent Examples of swatted The ball seemed to be a winner, until Suarez, who was stationed in the goal post, swatted it with his hands. — Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 11 June 2026 The boy, who was not identified, immediately swatted the bat away, the report said. — Sophie Ziedalski, NBC news, 2 July 2026 Phil Mickelson swatted a moving golf ball on the 13th green out of frustration. — ABC News, 3 June 2026 Trey Gambill, after two fly-outs, swatted a homer to center, his ninth of the season, giving Oklahoma a 7-0 lead. — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 7 June 2026 The players could be seen exchanging words throughout their match-up and, at one point during the second quarter, Harrison swatted at the ball being held by Reese after play had already been stopped. — Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2026 Miami swatted 32 home runs in 26 games in June after only hitting 23 in 29 games in May and 19 across 26 games in April. — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 1 July 2026 Eichel swatted home a rebound just after linemate Ivan Barbashev had gone crashing through the crease, catching Hurricanes goalie Frederik Andersen in the head and knocking him to the ice. — Chris Johnston, New York Times, 7 June 2026 Bramnick previously told Fox News Digital that the suspect allegedly swatted the family's home in Cranford twice in September. — Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 30 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for swatted
  1. smacked
  2. slapped
  3. knocked
  4. hit
  5. punched
  6. slammed
  7. banged
  8. clapped
Verb
  • Eury Perez dominated with seven perfect innings, and the Miami Marlins smacked four homers before holding on for a wild 9-8 victory over the host Athletics on Sunday to complete a three-game sweep.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 6 July 2026
  • Wyatt-Hodge, who launched the tournament two weeks ago with a century against Sri Lanka, smacked a 32-ball fifty.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 June 2026
Definition of smacked
Verb
  • Some of them slapped strict limits on all gas stations; in others, gas station chains limited how much fuel could be bought.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 1 July 2026
  • Actor Orlando Brown slapped recording artist Ray J in the face with a wad of cash.
    — Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 1 July 2026
Definition of slapped
Verb
  • Tatis led off and knocked Boyd's fifth pitch over the left-field bleachers onto Waveland Avenue, before Chicago answered in the bottom of the inning when Seiya Suzuki scored on Carson Kelly's RBI single.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 1 July 2026
  • Kale said her 11-year-old and 16-year-old sons knocked the bat off her and killed it.
    — Kelli Arseneau, USA Today, 1 July 2026
Definition of knocked
Verb
  • Against Cardinals’ starting pitcher Matthew Liberatore, the Braves mustered just one hit and one run through five innings of an eventual 5-3 loss.
    — Chad Bishop, AJC.com, 1 July 2026
  • Thomas had hit a leadoff double, but Michael Massey, Salvador Perez and John Rave failed to drive him in.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 1 July 2026
Definition of hit
Verb
  • That punched El Tri's ticket straight to the Round of 16 and kept the host nation's tournament dream alive for at least one more match.
    — Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 2 July 2026
  • Rocha punched it in the nose and the shark let go and swam away.
    — Kim Chandler, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026
Definition of punched
Verb
  • In a scathing Instagram post this morning, LuPone, who has long been devoted to her equally enamored gay fandom, slammed Turkey’s latest homophobic move.
    — Greg Evans, Deadline, 3 July 2026
  • Investigators said the Tesla slammed through a brick home at a high rate of speed, fatally striking Avila.
    — Paloma Chavez, PEOPLE, 3 July 2026
Definition of slammed
Verb
  • Haaland and his teammates sat on the wet pitch as Ødegaard banged the drum.
    — Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 30 June 2026
  • Soon, the players on the field joined in, sitting down and rowing as captain Martin Ødegaard banged a large drum.
    — Elmira Aliieva, NBC news, 27 June 2026
Definition of banged
Verb
  • As the song concluded, the soon-to-be citizens clapped and returned to their seats, while another speaker asked them to stand and remain standing when their country was called.
    — Jesse Bedayn, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2026
  • Holding small American flags, the cohort of new citizens waved and clapped along to patriotic music sung by the Golden Gate Symphony Orchestra & Chorus’ TOSCA a capella ensemble.
    — Sierra Lopez, Mercury News, 4 July 2026
Definition of clapped

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