to swate

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

pron. [swot]. (Dutch, perf. of suizen to make the ears tingle.) To give a violent slap or blow in the face with the open hand. A low word.


Tell me that again, and I'll swot you over the mug.--Report of the Hunker Meeting in Albany, June, 1848.

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