swat

frapper, écraser

Donner un coup rapide, souvent pour tuer un insecte ou le chasser.

En anglais simple : To hit something quickly, often to kill an insect or push it away.

• She swatted a fly.
• He swatted the ball across the field.
• I tried to swat the mosquito with a newspaper.

Comment l'utiliser : swat something with something (She swatted the fly with a magazine.)

Synonymes : hit, slap

Expressions courantes : swat a fly, swat something away

provoquer une intervention policière par un faux signalement

Signaler une fausse urgence pour faire envoyer des policiers armés chez quelqu’un.

En anglais simple : To make a false emergency report so armed police are sent to someone’s home.

• Someone threatened to swat the streamer.
• A teenager swatted his rival using a false emergency call.
• Police arrested the man who had swatted several online players.

Expressions courantes : swat someone online, try to swat

claque, coup

Coup rapide et fort donné avec la main ou un objet.

En anglais simple : A quick, hard hit with a hand or another object.

• He gave the fly a swat.
• One swat sent the ball over the fence.
• She aimed a swat at the mosquito on her arm.

Comment l'utiliser : a swat at something (He took a swat at the fly.)

Synonymes : slap, hit, blow

Expressions courantes : give a swat, swat at something