0 an object, usually flat with a handle, used for hitting insects:
She complained that she needed to carry a fly swatter around all the time.
Grab the fly swatter. The rainy season has arrived, ushering in a plague of mosquitoes.
Try to anticipate where the fly is going to jump when it first sees your swatter.
The fly reacts within 100 milliseconds after it first spots the moving swatter.
This is why the newspaper business is screwed — people buying swatters instead of newspapers.
