different between swat vs jab

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /sw?t/, /sw?t/
• Rhymes: -?t

Etymology 1

Alteration of squat.

Verb

swat (third-person singular simple present swats, present participle swatting, simple past and past participle swatted)

1. (transitive) To beat off, as insects; to bat, strike, or hit.

   He swatted the mosquito that was buzzing around in his bedroom.

   The cat swatted at the feather.

   • 2017, Jennifer S. Holland, For These Monkeys, It’s a Fight for Survival., National Geographic (March 2017)[1]

     During my first day in the woods, Raoul, the big alpha male of Rambo II, opened wide to show me his dagger-sharp canines, then sauntered by and swatted my calf with a stick—letting me know my place in the social order. (Low.)

Translations

Noun

swat (plural swats)

1. A hard stroke, hit or blow, e.g., as part of a spanking.
2. Alternate spelling of swot: vigorous study at an educational institution.

Translations

See also

• flyswatter

Etymology 2

See SWAT.

Verb

swat (third-person singular simple present swats, present participle swatting, simple past and past participle swatted)

1. (slang) To illegitimately provoke a SWAT assault upon (someone).
   • 2017, Elizabeth Heiter, Stalked, MIRA (?ISBN):

     “You've just been swatted.” “What?” Sophia asked. “A spoofed call to police, claiming an emergency, to get a SWAT response,” Evelyn said. Realizing why the SWAT officer had noticed the controller, she guessed, […]

References

Anagrams

• 'twas, ATWS, AWTs, TAWS, TWAs, WSTA, sawt, staw, taws, was't, wast, wats

Louisiana Creole French

Etymology

From French soit (“thus”).

Conjunction

swat

1. or

Maltese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /swa?t/

Noun

swat

1. plural of sawt

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *swait-, from Proto-Indo-European *swoyd-, *sweyd-. Cognate with Old Saxon swêt, Old High German sweiz, Old Norse sveiti (“sweat, blood”). The Indo-European root also gave Latin sudor, Sanskrit Sanskrit ????? (sveda).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sw??t/

Noun

sw?t m or n

1. sweat
2. used of other moisture that comes from the body, especially blood

Declension

Derived terms

• sw?tan (“to sweat”)
• sw?ti? (“sweaty”)
• sw?tþ?rel (“a pore”)

Descendants

• English: swate, swote, swot, swete, swet
  • English: sweat

Polish

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *svat?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sfat/

Noun

swat m pers (feminine swatka)

1. A matchmaker.
2. The father of one's child-in-law.

Declension

Related terms

• (nouns) swach m pers, swacha f, swachna f, swatanie n (the act of matchmaking)
• (verb) swata? (to matchmake)

Further reading

• swat in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• swat in Polish dictionaries at PWN

English

Etymology

Originally a Scottish (unclear if Scots or Scottish English) form of English job (“peck, poke, thrust”), from Middle English jobben.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?æb/
• Rhymes: -æb

Noun

jab (plural jabs)

1. A quick stab or blow; a poking or thrusting motion.
   • 1952, Bernard Malamud, The Natural, Chapter 9,

     He tore in for the ball, make a running jab for it and held it.

2. (boxing) A short straight punch.
3. (Britain) A medical hypodermic injection (vaccination or inoculation)

   Our dog was exposed to rabies, so the whole family went to a clinic to get our jabs.

4. (Britain, Australia) A vaccination, whether or not delivered via conventional injection.
5. (US, figuratively) A mild verbal insult.

Derived terms

• jabby

Translations

Verb

jab (third-person singular simple present jabs, present participle jabbing, simple past and past participle jabbed)

1. To poke or thrust abruptly, or to make such a motion.
2. To deliver a quick punch.
3. (slang, Britain) To give someone an injection

Translations

References

Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “jab”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English job.

Noun

jab m (genitive singular jab, nominative plural jabanna)

1. job, piece of work
2. post, employment

Declension

Derived terms

• jabaire m (“(cattle-)jobber”)

References

• "jab" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English jab.

Noun

jab m (invariable)

1. jab (boxing punch)

Spanish

Noun

jab m (plural jabs)

1. (boxing) jab