flyswatter

What does flyswatter mean?

flyswatter means "an implement with a flat part (of mesh or plastic) and a long handle; used to kill insects".

How many syllables are in flyswatter?

flyswatter has 3 syllables and divides as fly-swat-ter under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for flyswatter?

Close synonyms include swatter, flyswat. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is flyswatter a common word?

flyswatter is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for flyswatter come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.