Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

θ	thin	ð	this	ʃ	she	ʒ	measure
tʃ	church	dʒ	judge	ŋ	sing	j	yes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

-s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
-ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
-ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

swat

UK /swɒt/ · US /swɑt/ verb, noun, proper noun

Also a form of swot

Forms swats swatting swatted S.W.A.T.

verb (transitive) To beat off, as insects; to bat, strike, or hit. “He swatted the mosquito that was buzzing around in his bedroom.”
noun A hard stroke, hit or blow, e.g., as part of a spanking.
verb (US, slang, transitive) To illegitimately provoke a SWAT assault upon (someone).
noun (chiefly US, law enforcement) A SWAT team. “"This situation is out of control. We need a SWAT," the policeman said.”
proper noun A district of Malakand, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
proper noun A valley in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
proper noun A river in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.

Etymology

Alteration of squat.

See SWAT.

From S.W.A.T., from special + weapons + and + tactics.

From Urdu سوات (svāt).

Sources: Wiktionary · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “swat”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details