swatter

Handheld bug killer

A swatter is a device for killing insects, typically a flat piece of plastic or wire mesh attached to a handle: She grabbed the fly swatter from the kitchen drawer.

By extension, swatter describes anyone or anything that swats—a baseball player who hits well, or in gaming slang, someone who makes false emergency reports to send police to another person's address.

insect

fly

Two-winged buzzing insect

  • mosquitoBlood-feeding flying pest
  • bugCrawling creature or defect
  • gnatMinute biting fly

pest · zapper · mesh · handle · plastic · splat · smack · kill · squash · porch

striking

smack

Strike with open hand

  • whackForceful striking blow
  • slapOpen-handed blow
  • hitSuccessful contact or strike

thwack · strike · bat · smash · wallop · thump · swing · flick · snap · force

implement

paddle

Flat-bladed water tool

wire · flat · flexible · lightweight · hanging · loop · grip · head · surface · electric

nuisance

pest

Harmful creature or nag

buzzing · infestation · summer · porch · picnic · barbecue · outdoor · persistent · relentless · pesky

Categories
Opposites
killing method

swattertrap

Device for catching animals

fly trap · flypaper · bug catcher · bug zapper · insect net

intent toward insects

swatterbee hotel

Nesting site for solitary pollinators

butterfly habitat · ant farm · insectarium · pollinator garden

Phrases
Family

swatted, flyswatter, swatting, swatters, flyswatters

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G