Swab - English meaning
Swab – definitions in English dictionary
nounAn absorbent pad or piece of material, often on a stick or rod, used in surgery and medicine for cleaning wounds and skin, applying medication, or taking specimens.
Usage examples:
During the exam, your doctor may apply a cotton-tipped swab to the area to see if it is painful.
verbAn absorbent pad or piece of material used in surgery and medicine for cleaning wounds, applying medication, or taking specimens.
verbA mop or other absorbent device for cleaning or mopping up a floor or other surface.
verbA contemptible person.
Usage examples:
‘avast, ye swabs,’ she shoutedverbClean (a wound or surface) with a swab.
Usage examples:
The crew were swabbing down the decks
nounA small piece of soft material at the end of a thin stick, used esp. for cleaning something or for putting on medicine
Usage examples:
A cotton swab
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Word origin
mid 17th century (in the sense ‘mop for cleaning the decks’): back-formation from swabber ‘sailor detailed to swab decks’, from early modern Dutch zwabber, from a Germanic base meaning ‘splas
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