swattern.

Brit.

/ˈswɒtə/, U.S.

/ˈswɑdər/

Etymology: < swat v.¹ + -er suffix¹.

An instrument for swatting flies. Also occasionally: a person who swats flies (with a swatter).

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > pest control > [noun] > device for catching flies > device for driving off flies

werela1390

flapc1440

fly-flapc1440

flapper1570

flip-flap1600

cow-tail1672

fly-flapper1749

chauri1777

fly-brush1838

fly-whisk1838

fly-duster1860

scare-fly1862

fly-whipper1872

fly-fan1891

fly-flick1914

fly-swatter1917

swatter1917

fly-swish1922

swatting1925

fly-swat1937

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > pest control > [noun] > device for catching flies > device for driving off flies > driving away flies with > one who

fly-flappera1661

swatter1917

1917 Blackwood's Mag. May 753/1 Fly-papers and fly-swatters proved illusive.

1923 Dundee Tel. 21 July 3/3 We have tried fly-papers, swatters, formaline solution, and nets.

1926 Glasgow Herald 4 Oct. 8 Poultry food is made from the Mexican bluebottle, professional ‘swatters’ making a good living by catching them.

1947 J. Steinbeck Wayward Bus i. 8 The death of a fly by swatter, or slowly smothered in the goo of fly paper.

1967 O. Wynd Walk Softly iii. 35 The Principal turned back to pick up a swatter on his desk, then lashed out.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

swatterv.

Brit.

/ˈswatə/,

/ˈswɒtə/, U.S.

/ˈswædər/,

/ˈswɑdər/, Scottish English

/ˈswatər/,

/ˈswɔtər/

Etymology: Echoic. Compare squatter v.; also early modern Dutch swadderen to slaver (of serpents), to splash in water (Kilian), dialect zwadderen in the latter sense, West Flemish zwadderen to speak slaveringly, German dialect schwadern to disturb (water), splash, be agitated (of liquids), to tipple, also to prattle, babble; < root swad- (: swat- ) + frequent. suffix -er suffix⁵.

Scottish and northern dialect.

a. intransitive. To flutter and splash in water like ducks or geese; to splash water about or splash about in water; †figurative to wallow.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > progressive motion > moving with current of air or water > movement in or on water > move in or on water [verb (intransitive)] > splash or move about in (shallow) water

swalter?a1400

puddle1440

swalperc1540

swatter?1553

poss1575

soss1575

dabble1611

dibble1622

switter?a1800

plouter1808

squatter1808

slosh1844

splosh1930

?1553 (c1501) G. Douglas Palice of Honour (London) i. l. 349 in Shorter Poems (1967) 30 In that desert..Quhar Dragonys, lessertis, askis, edders swattryt [1579 Edinb. swatterit] With mouthis gapand.

a1599 R. Rollock Lect. Hist. Passion (1616) xxxvii. 371 Hee swatters and swimmes,..hee drownes not altogether.

1606 W. Birnie Blame of Kirk-buriall xiii. sig. D2^v Tymes (wherein the world lay..swattering in all sorte of superstition).

1637 S. Rutherford Let. 15 June in Joshua Redivivus (1664) 97 Oh to be swattering, & swimming over head & ears in Christ's love!

?a1800 Twa Sisters xi, in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1882) I. 135 Aye she swattered [other vers. swittert] and aye she swam, Until she came to the mouth of the dam.

1816 W. Scott Black Dwarf xviii, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. I. 341 Before he lap the window into the castle-moat, and swattered through it like a wild duck.

1821 W. Scott Pirate III. iii. 61 I swattered hard for my life, wi' the help of ane of the oars.

1871 G. A. Lawrence Anteros (1872) xx. 177 ‘Pray, gently, on the right’—cries the mild Master, in the act of swattering through a miry pool.

†b. transferred. To ‘flutter’. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > move irregularly or be agitated [verb (intransitive)] > flutter or flicker

flatterc1425

flitter1483

flickera1500

flutter1561

play1590

swattera1666

whiff1686

feather1770

whiffle1817

a1666 R. Blair tr. in Life (1848) (modernized text) Suppl. iii. 122 Out of the dreary vale of tears My soul hath swattered out.

1842 W. Oliver in Whistle-Binkie 4th Ser. 45 The blude a' swater't through my heart.

2. To fritter away (as time, money).

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > misuse > [verb (transitive)] > waste

spilla1000

scatter1154

aspilla1250

rospa1325

waste1340

spend1390

consumec1425

waste1474

miswenda1500

forsumea1510

to cast away1530

to throw away1561

embezzle1578

squander1593

palter1595

profuse1611

squander1611

ravel1614

sport1622

to fool away1628

to stream out1628

to fribble away1633

sweal1655

frisk1665

to fiddle away1667

wantonize1673

slattera1681

swattle1681

drivel1686

swatter1690

to muddle away1707

squander1717

sot1746

slattern1747

meisle1808

fritter1820

waster1821

slobber1837

to cut to waste1863

fringe1863

potter1883

putter1911

profligate1938

to piddle away1942

haemorrhage1978

spaff2002

1690 C. Ness Compl. Hist. & Myst. Old & New Test. I. 78 Such as swatter away all their youth-time..in ways of both vanity and villany.

1790 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. (ed. 2) Swatter, to scatter or waste. He swattered away all his money. North.

1905 19th Cent. Sept. 404 Proof that..it [sc. the poor rate] does not go to the poor, but is just ‘swattered away’.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1918; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	swatter
释义	swattern. Brit. /ˈswɒtə/, U.S. /ˈswɑdər/ Etymology: < swat v.¹ + -er suffix¹. An instrument for swatting flies. Also occasionally: a person who swats flies (with a swatter). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > pest control > [noun] > device for catching flies > device for driving off flies werela1390 flapc1440 fly-flapc1440 flapper1570 flip-flap1600 cow-tail1672 fly-flapper1749 chauri1777 fly-brush1838 fly-whisk1838 fly-duster1860 scare-fly1862 fly-whipper1872 fly-fan1891 fly-flick1914 fly-swatter1917 swatter1917 fly-swish1922 swatting1925 fly-swat1937 the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > pest control > [noun] > device for catching flies > device for driving off flies > driving away flies with > one who fly-flappera1661 swatter1917 1917 Blackwood's Mag. May 753/1 Fly-papers and fly-swatters proved illusive. 1923 Dundee Tel. 21 July 3/3 We have tried fly-papers, swatters, formaline solution, and nets. 1926 Glasgow Herald 4 Oct. 8 Poultry food is made from the Mexican bluebottle, professional ‘swatters’ making a good living by catching them. 1947 J. Steinbeck Wayward Bus i. 8 The death of a fly by swatter, or slowly smothered in the goo of fly paper. 1967 O. Wynd Walk Softly iii. 35 The Principal turned back to pick up a swatter on his desk, then lashed out. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022). swatterv. Brit. /ˈswatə/, /ˈswɒtə/, U.S. /ˈswædər/, /ˈswɑdər/, Scottish English /ˈswatər/, /ˈswɔtər/ Etymology: Echoic. Compare squatter v.; also early modern Dutch swadderen to slaver (of serpents), to splash in water (Kilian), dialect zwadderen in the latter sense, West Flemish zwadderen to speak slaveringly, German dialect schwadern to disturb (water), splash, be agitated (of liquids), to tipple, also to prattle, babble; < root swad- (: swat- ) + frequent. suffix -er suffix⁵. Scottish and northern dialect. 1. a. intransitive. To flutter and splash in water like ducks or geese; to splash water about or splash about in water; †figurative to wallow. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > moving with current of air or water > movement in or on water > move in or on water [verb (intransitive)] > splash or move about in (shallow) water swalter?a1400 puddle1440 swalperc1540 swatter?1553 poss1575 soss1575 dabble1611 dibble1622 switter?a1800 plouter1808 squatter1808 slosh1844 splosh1930 ?1553 (c1501) G. Douglas Palice of Honour (London) i. l. 349 in Shorter Poems (1967) 30 In that desert..Quhar Dragonys, lessertis, askis, edders swattryt [1579 Edinb. swatterit] With mouthis gapand. a1599 R. Rollock Lect. Hist. Passion (1616) xxxvii. 371 Hee swatters and swimmes,..hee drownes not altogether. 1606 W. Birnie Blame of Kirk-buriall xiii. sig. D2^v Tymes (wherein the world lay..swattering in all sorte of superstition). 1637 S. Rutherford Let. 15 June in Joshua Redivivus (1664) 97 Oh to be swattering, & swimming over head & ears in Christ's love! ?a1800 Twa Sisters xi, in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1882) I. 135 Aye she swattered [other vers. swittert] and aye she swam, Until she came to the mouth of the dam. 1816 W. Scott Black Dwarf xviii, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. I. 341 Before he lap the window into the castle-moat, and swattered through it like a wild duck. 1821 W. Scott Pirate III. iii. 61 I swattered hard for my life, wi' the help of ane of the oars. 1871 G. A. Lawrence Anteros (1872) xx. 177 ‘Pray, gently, on the right’—cries the mild Master, in the act of swattering through a miry pool. †b. transferred. To ‘flutter’. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > move irregularly or be agitated [verb (intransitive)] > flutter or flicker flatterc1425 flitter1483 flickera1500 flutter1561 play1590 swattera1666 whiff1686 feather1770 whiffle1817 a1666 R. Blair tr. in Life (1848) (modernized text) Suppl. iii. 122 Out of the dreary vale of tears My soul hath swattered out. 1842 W. Oliver in Whistle-Binkie 4th Ser. 45 The blude a' swater't through my heart. 2. To fritter away (as time, money). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > misuse > [verb (transitive)] > waste spilla1000 scatter1154 aspilla1250 rospa1325 waste1340 spend1390 consumec1425 waste1474 miswenda1500 forsumea1510 to cast away1530 to throw away1561 embezzle1578 squander1593 palter1595 profuse1611 squander1611 ravel1614 sport1622 to fool away1628 to stream out1628 to fribble away1633 sweal1655 frisk1665 to fiddle away1667 wantonize1673 slattera1681 swattle1681 drivel1686 swatter1690 to muddle away1707 squander1717 sot1746 slattern1747 meisle1808 fritter1820 waster1821 slobber1837 to cut to waste1863 fringe1863 potter1883 putter1911 profligate1938 to piddle away1942 haemorrhage1978 spaff2002 1690 C. Ness Compl. Hist. & Myst. Old & New Test. I. 78 Such as swatter away all their youth-time..in ways of both vanity and villany. 1790 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. (ed. 2) Swatter, to scatter or waste. He swattered away all his money. North. 1905 19th Cent. Sept. 404 Proof that..it [sc. the poor rate] does not go to the poor, but is just ‘swattered away’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1918; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1917v.?1553
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