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flyswatter

noun

fly·​swat·​ter ˈflī-ˌswä-tər How to pronounce flyswatter (audio)
: a device for killing insects that consists of a flat piece of perforated rubber or plastic or fine-mesh wire netting attached to a handle

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web This yellow flyswatter was decorated by hand with black puff paint. courier-journal.com, 2 June 2021 On the site, a graphic appeared, showing an insect with a female face—a logo for DarkMarket—underneath a flyswatter. Ed Caesar, The New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2021 People made jokes about Jeff Goldblum; other folks dug up images of Biden holding a flyswatter. Angela Watercutter, Wired, 7 Oct. 2020 This kit is great for kids who have a more visual style of learning; the modules are large and colorful, and the models (everything from a flyswatter to an ambulance) really make the lessons tangible. USA TODAY, 27 Mar. 2020 Because Kentucky’s Reid Jolly, a 6-5 wing, is cruising down the court for a breakaway layup, but here comes LaRavia, chasing him down, rising high above him, smearing the ball against the glass, like a flyswatter on a fly. Gregg Doyel, Indianapolis Star, 9 June 2019 Childhood family vacations meant the battered old station wagon, replete with backseat sibling brawls and Mom wielding the flyswatter of road-weary justice from up front. Craig Bicknell, WIRED, 13 Apr. 2000 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1917, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of flyswatter was in 1917

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