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swattle

English

Verb

swattle (third-person singular simple present swattles, present participle swattling, simple past and past participle swattled)

  1. (Britain, Northern dialect) To splutter; to guzzle.
  2. (Britain, transitive) To fritter away.

Synonyms

  • (fritter away): swatter

See also

  • swaddle

References

  • OED 2nd edition 1989

Anagrams

  • wattles

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spattle

English

Etymology 1

Ultimately from Late Latin spatula.

Noun

spattle (plural spattles)

  1. A spatula.
  2. A tool or implement for mottling pottery with colour.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Knight to this entry?)

Etymology 2

Noun

spattle

  1. spawl; spittle
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Bale to this entry?)

Anagrams

  • Plattes, let past, peltast

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