SWAT
or S.W.A.T.
[ swot ]
/ swɒt /
noun
a special section of some law enforcement agencies trained and equipped to deal with especially dangerous or violent situations, as when hostages are being held (often used attributively): a SWAT team.
verb (used with or without object), swat·ted, swat·ting.
Usually swat.
(especially among online video gamers) to cause a SWAT team to be deployed on (an unsuspecting victim) by falsifying a threat, often as a punishment or retaliation: The prankster planned to swat other gamers during their streaming broadcasts so everyone would see it happen. Several members of the development team were swatted when the game expansion disappointed fans.
Origin of SWAT
S(pecial)
W(eapons)
a(nd)
T(actics)
British Dictionary definitions for s.w.a.t. (1 of 4)
Swat
/ (swɒt) /
noun
a former princely state of NW India: passed to Pakistan in 1947
a river in Pakistan, rising in the north and flowing south to the Kabul River north of Peshawar. Length: about 640 km (400 miles)
British Dictionary definitions for s.w.a.t. (2 of 4)
SWAT
/ (swɒt) /
n acronym for
Special Weapons and Tactics: a military-like unit within the US police force, trained to deal with specially dangerous situations, such as hostage-taking and riots
British Dictionary definitions for s.w.a.t. (3 of 4)
swat
1
/ (swɒt) /
verb swats, swatting or swatted (tr)
to strike or hit sharply
to swat a fly
noun
another word (esp Brit) for swatter (def. 1)
a sharp or violent blow
Also called:
swot
Word Origin for swat
C17: northern English dialect and US variant of
squat