Meaning
To strike a quick, sharp, flat blow — to swat, as at a mosquito or a fly, or to give someone a smart slap. 'Swat di mosquito' means smack the mosquito, and 'him swat it weh' is he knocked it away with a quick hit. The word names the sudden, flat stroke of the hand, whether against a biting insect or a person, and it belongs with 'bax', 'cuff', and 'lick' in the everyday vocabulary of blows, though 'swat' catches especially the light, snapping quickness of the strike.
Examples
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Swat di mosquito before it bite yuh.
Swat the mosquito before it bites you.
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She swat di fly off di food.
She swatted the fly off the food.
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Him swat di ball weh.
He knocked the ball away with a quick hit.
Origin
From 'swat' (a quick flat blow); to smack, as at an insect.
How it’s used
A quick flat slap/hit, esp. at insects. Compare 'lick', 'bax', 'kuff'.