SWAT team \SWAT" team`\, Swat team \Swat" team`\(sw[o^]t" t[=e]m), n. [acronym: Special Weapons and Training.] a special group of police trained to deal with unusually dangerous or violent situations, and having special weapons, such as rifles more powerful than those carried by regular police officers. They are employed, for example, in situations when hostages are being held, or heavily armed persons need to be captured. Called also {SWAT} or {S.W.A.T.}.
SWAT team \SWAT" team`\, Swat team \Swat" team`\(sw[o^]t" t[=e]m), n. [acronym: Special Weapons and Training.] a special group of police trained to deal with unusually dangerous or violent situations, and having special weapons, such as rifles more powerful than those carried by regular police officers. They are employed, for example, in situations when hostages are being held, or heavily armed persons need to be captured. Called also {SWAT} or {S.W.A.T.}.
Swat \Swat\ (sw[o^]t), n. a former state in Northwest India, now a part of Pakistan. It was ruled by a prince called a Wali.
Swat \Swat\, obs. imp. of {Sweat}. --Chaucer.
Swat \Swat\ (sw[o^]t), v. t. 1. to hit, especially with an instrument in the hand; to smack.
2. (Baseball) to hit (a baseball) powerfully, and for a long distance.
Swat \Swat\ (sw[o^]t), n. [Also spelled {swot}.] 1. a sharp blow, especially one made with an instrument in the hand.
2. (Baseball) a powerful hit, especially a home run.
Sweat \Sweat\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sweat} or {Sweated} (Obs. {Swat}); p. pr. & vb. n. {Sweating}.] [OE. sweten, AS. sw[ae]tan, fr. sw[=a]t, n., sweat; akin to OFries. & OS. sw[=e]t, D. zweet, OHG. sweiz, G. schweiss, Icel. sviti, sveiti, Sw. svett, Dan. sved, L. sudor sweat, sudare to sweat, Gr. ?, ?, sweat, ? to sweat, Skr. sv[=e]da sweat, svid to sweat. [root]178. Cf. {Exude}, {Sudary}, {Sudorific}.] 1. To excrete sensible moisture from the pores of the skin; to perspire. --Shak.
2. Fig.: To perspire in toil; to work hard; to drudge.
He 'd have the poets sweat. --Waller.
3. To emit moisture, as green plants in a heap.
President Boris Yeltsin is choosing to swat a formidable fly. General Dudayev's declaration of independence at the head of a coalition of nationalist forces was followed by armed Russian intervention.
The swat team will be led by J. Michael Hudson, deputy director of the Health Care Financing Administration, and Steven Lieberman, assistant director for general management in the budget office.
The company that makes OFF! insect repellent is taking a swat at a small St. Augustine company that also manufactures a bug repellant.