flyswatter

noun

fly·swat·ter ˈflī-ˌswä-tər

: a device for killing insects that consists of a flat piece of perforated rubber or plastic or fine-mesh wire netting attached to a handle

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In one, a red apparition seems ready to smash people with a flyswatter. —

Ian Johnson, The New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2024 Or just smash them with a flyswatter and clean up with a tissue. —

Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 12 Aug. 2024 Drop that flyswatter right now! —

Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 3 Feb. 2023 ChatGPT, on the other hand, will converse about the concept of falsehoods in the Quran, write a prayer for a rabbi to deliver to Congress and compare God to a flyswatter. —

Will Oremus, Washington Post, 27 Jan. 2023 This yellow flyswatter was decorated by hand with black puff paint. —

courier-journal.com, 2 June 2021 On the site, a graphic appeared, showing an insect with a female face—a logo for DarkMarket—underneath a flyswatter. —

Ed Caesar, The New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2021 People made jokes about Jeff Goldblum; other folks dug up images of Biden holding a flyswatter. —

Angela Watercutter, Wired, 7 Oct. 2020 This kit is great for kids who have a more visual style of learning; the modules are large and colorful, and the models (everything from a flyswatter to an ambulance) really make the lessons tangible. —

USA TODAY, 27 Mar. 2020