💢 Welcome to the world of America's News words .... hundreds of hunters in Florida's Everglases recently competed in a yearly competition to capture snakes called Burmese pythons. Some hunters are employed year-round to help control the Python population in the swamp but the competition brings in many snakes at once. The price for bringing in the most is $ 10,000. A swamp is a Wetland often dense with woody plants but the word swamp can also be a verb meaning to overpower in amount or number. 🔸 swamp /swɒmp/: A swamp is a type of wetland that is characterized by the presence of shallow water, saturated soil, and abundant vegetation, particularly trees and shrubs.