Meanings
nounflyswatter (plural flyswatters)
plural flyswatters · alternative fly swatter · alternative fly-swatter
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA hand-held device for swatting flies or other insects, to kill or shoo them.
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More synonyms by meaning
nounan implement with a flat part (of mesh or plastic) and a long handle; used to kill insects
Broader
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*plew-
- Proto-Indo-European*plewk-
- Proto-Indo-European*pléwketi
- Proto-Germanic*fleuganądeverb.
- Proto-Germanic*fleugǭ
- Proto-West Germanic*fleugā
- Old Englishflēoge
- Middle Englishflye
- Englishfly
- Englishswat
- Englishswatter
- Englishflyswatter
Translations
Bulgarian мухого́нка
- мухого́нка (muhogónka)device for swatting flies
Catalan matamosques
- matamosquesdevice for swatting flies
Chinese Cantonese 烏蠅拍 /乌蝇拍
- 烏蠅拍 /乌蝇拍device for swatting flies
Chinese Mandarin 蒼蠅拍 /苍蝇拍, 蒼蠅拍子 /苍蝇拍子
- 蒼蠅拍 /苍蝇拍 (cāngyingpāi)device for swatting flies
- 蒼蠅拍子 /苍蝇拍子 (cāngying pāizi)device for swatting flies
- 蠅拍 /蝇拍 (yíngpāi)device for swatting flies
Danish fluesmækker
- fluesmækkerdevice for swatting flies
Dutch vliegenmepper
- vliegenmepperdevice for swatting flies
Esperanto muŝbatilo
- muŝbatilodevice for swatting flies
Estonian kärbsepiits
- kärbsepiitsdevice for swatting flies
Finnish kärpäslätkä
- kärpäslätkädevice for swatting flies
French tapette, tapette à mouches
- tapettedevice for swatting flies
- tapette à mouchesdevice for swatting flies
German Fliegenklatsche, Fliegenpracker
- Fliegenklatschedevice for swatting flies
- Fliegenprackerdevice for swatting flies
Greek μυγοσκοτώστρα
- μυγοσκοτώστρα (mygoskotóstra)device for swatting flies
Hungarian légycsapó
- légycsapódevice for swatting flies
Icelandic flugnaspaði
- flugnaspaðidevice for swatting flies
Irish smiotán
- smiotándevice for swatting flies
Italian scacciamosche, cacciamosche
- scacciamoschedevice for swatting flies
- cacciamoschedevice for swatting flies
Japanese 蝿叩き
- 蝿叩き (haetataki)device for swatting flies
Korean 파리채, 모기채
- 파리채 (parichae)device for swatting flies
- 모기채 (mogichae)device for swatting flies
Latin muscārium
- muscāriumdevice for swatting flies
Māori papakirango, paturango
- papakirangodevice for swatting flies
- paturangodevice for swatting flies
Norwegian Bokmål fluesmekke, fluesmekker
- fluesmekkedevice for swatting flies
- fluesmekkerdevice for swatting flies
Polish packa
- packadevice for swatting flies
Portuguese mata-moscas
- mata-moscasdevice for swatting flies
Romanian paletă de muște, plici
- paletă de muștedevice for swatting flies
- plicidevice for swatting flies
Russian мухобо́йка, хлопу́шка
- мухобо́йка (muxobójka)device for swatting flies
- хлопу́шка (xlopúška)device for swatting flies
Spanish matamoscas
- matamoscasdevice for swatting flies
Swedish flugsmälla
- flugsmälladevice for swatting flies
Turkish sineklik
- sineklikdevice for swatting flies
Ukrainian мухобі́йка
- мухобі́йка (muxobíjka)device for swatting flies
Welsh swadiwr pryfed
- swadiwr pryfeddevice for swatting flies
Cite this entry
APA
flyswatter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flyswatter
MLA
“flyswatter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flyswatter. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “flyswatter,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flyswatter.
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