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swab
swab also swob S0929200 (swŏb)n.1. a. A small piece of absorbent material attached to the end of a stick or wire and used for cleansing a surface, applying medicine, or collecting a sample of a substance.b. A sample collected with a swab.2. A sponge or patch of absorbent material used to clean the bore of a firearm or cannon.3. A mop used for cleaning floors or decks.4. Slang A sailor.5. Slang A lout.tr.v. swabbed, swab·bing, swabs also swobbed or swob·bing or swobs 1. To use a swab on.2. To clean with a swab.3. To collect a sample from (a person, for example) using a swab.
[Back-formation from swabber, mop for a ship's deck (from obsolete Dutch *zwabber, from zwabben, to mop) or from obsolete Dutch swabbe, mop (from Middle Dutch).]swab (swɒb) n1. (Medicine) med a. a small piece of cotton, gauze, etc, for use in applying medication, cleansing a wound, or obtaining a specimen of a secretion, etcb. the specimen so obtained2. (Tools) a mop for cleaning floors, decks, etc3. (Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) a brush used to clean a firearm's bore4. slang an uncouth or worthless fellowvb, swabs, swabbing or swabbed5. (Medicine) (tr) to clean or medicate with or as if with a swab6. (foll by: up) to take up with a swab[C16: probably from Middle Dutch swabbe mop; related to Norwegian svabba to splash, Dutch zwabberen to mop, German schwappen to slop over]swab or swob (swɒb)
n., v. swabbed, swab•bing. n. 1. a large mop used on shipboard for cleaning decks, living quarters, etc. 2. a bit of cotton, sponge, or the like, often fixed to a stick, for applying medicaments, cleansing the mouth, etc. 3. material collected with a swab as a specimen. 4. a wad of absorbent material for cleaning the bore of a firearm. 5. Slang. a sailor; swabby. 6. Slang. a clumsy oaf. v.t. 7. to clean with or as if with a swab. 8. to take up or apply (moisture, etc.) with or as if with a swab. [1645–55; < swabber] swab - As in "mop the decks," it is a back-formation from swabber, "sailor who mops the decks," from a Germanic base meaning "splash."See also related terms for splash.swab
Past participle: swabbed
Gerund: swabbing
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| I swab | | you swab | | he/she/it swabs | | we swab | | you swab | | they swab |
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| I swabbed | | you swabbed | | he/she/it swabbed | | we swabbed | | you swabbed | | they swabbed |
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| I am swabbing | | you are swabbing | | he/she/it is swabbing | | we are swabbing | | you are swabbing | | they are swabbing |
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| I have swabbed | | you have swabbed | | he/she/it has swabbed | | we have swabbed | | you have swabbed | | they have swabbed |
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| I was swabbing | | you were swabbing | | he/she/it was swabbing | | we were swabbing | | you were swabbing | | they were swabbing |
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| I had swabbed | | you had swabbed | | he/she/it had swabbed | | we had swabbed | | you had swabbed | | they had swabbed |
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| I will swab | | you will swab | | he/she/it will swab | | we will swab | | you will swab | | they will swab |
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| I will have swabbed | | you will have swabbed | | he/she/it will have swabbed | | we will have swabbed | | you will have swabbed | | they will have swabbed |
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| I will be swabbing | | you will be swabbing | | he/she/it will be swabbing | | we will be swabbing | | you will be swabbing | | they will be swabbing |
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| I have been swabbing | | you have been swabbing | | he/she/it has been swabbing | | we have been swabbing | | you have been swabbing | | they have been swabbing |
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| I will have been swabbing | | you will have been swabbing | | he/she/it will have been swabbing | | we will have been swabbing | | you will have been swabbing | | they will have been swabbing |
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| I had been swabbing | | you had been swabbing | | he/she/it had been swabbing | | we had been swabbing | | you had been swabbing | | they had been swabbing |
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| I would swab | | you would swab | | he/she/it would swab | | we would swab | | you would swab | | they would swab |
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| I would have swabbed | | you would have swabbed | | he/she/it would have swabbed | | we would have swabbed | | you would have swabbed | | they would have swabbed |
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  swab - implement consisting of a small piece of cotton that is used to apply medication or cleanse a wound or obtain a specimen of a secretionimplement - instrumentation (a piece of equipment or tool) used to effect an end | | 2. |  swab - cleaning implement consisting of absorbent material fastened to a handle; for cleaning floorsmop, swobcleaning device, cleaning equipment, cleaning implement - any of a large class of implements used for cleaningdry mop, dust mop, dustmop - a dry swab for dusting floorsmop handle - the handle of a mopsponge mop - a wet mop with a sponge as the absorbent | | Verb | 1. | swab - wash with a swab or a mop; "swab the ship's decks"swobmop, mop up, wipe up - to wash or wipe with or as if with a mop; "Mop the hallway now"; "He mopped her forehead with a towel" | | 2. | swab - apply (usually a liquid) to a surface; "dab the wall with paint"dab, swobapply, put on - apply to a surface; "She applied paint to the back of the house"; "Put on make-up!" |
Translationscampionepulire con lo straccioradazzarestrofinacciotamponeswab
swab out1. To use something absorbent to clean the inside of something. A noun or pronoun can be used between "swab" and "out." Did you hear me? I said go clean your room! Do you need to swab your ears out? The doctor carefully swabbed out the wound and then rinsed it with a saline solution.2. To use something absorbent to clean dirt or other contaminants out of something. A noun or pronoun can be used between "swab" and "out." It always makes me gag to see him swabbing wax out of his ears like that. Make sure you carefully swab out all the dirt before you apply the bandage.See also: out, swabswab downTo clean or wash some surface with an absorbent cleaning implement. A noun or pronoun can be used between "swab" and "down." He has been relegated to swabbing down the deck for the foreseeable future as punishment for his actions. I swabbed her brow down with a cool, wet sponge.See also: down, swabswab (something) out of (something)To wipe dirt or other contaminants out of something with a something absorbent or cleansing. It always makes me gag to see him swabbing wax out of his ears like that. Make sure you carefully swab all the dirt out of the wound before you apply the bandage.See also: of, out, swabswab something downto wash or scrub something, such as the deck of a ship. The sailors were told to swab the deck down each day. Swab down the deck!See also: down, swabswab something outto wash or wipe something out in order to make it clean. The doctor swabbed my ear out carefully. The doctor swabbed out my ear carefully.See also: out, swabswab something out of something and swab something Outto wipe or mop something out of something. The doctor swabbed the wax out of my ear. I swabbed out the last of the mud on the floor.See also: of, out, swabswab downv. To clean a surface with a swab: The sailor swabbed down the deck. If the table is dirty, swab it down with lots of soap.See also: down, swabswab outv. To clean the inside of something with a swab: I used this cloth to swab out the rifles. The doctor swabbed my ear out.See also: out, swabswab
swab1. Meda. a small piece of cotton, gauze, etc., for use in applying medication, cleansing a wound, or obtaining a specimen of a secretion, etc. b. the specimen so obtained 2. a mop for cleaning floors, decks, etc. swab[swäb] (mining engineering) A pistonlike device provided with a rubber cap ring that is used to clean out debris inside a borehole or casing. The act of cleaning the inside of a tubular object with a swab. (petroleum engineering) In petroleum drilling, to pull the drill string so rapidly that the drill mud is sucked up and overflows the collar of the borehole, thus leaving an undesirably empty borehole. swab/swob/ The PDP-11 swap byte instruction mnemonic, asimmortalised in the dd option "conv=swab".
1. To solve the NUXI problem by swapping bytes in a file.
2. The program in V7 Unix used to perform this action, oranything functionally equivalent to it.
See also big-endian, little-endian, middle-endian,bytesexual.swab
swab [swahb] a small pledget of cotton or gauze wrapped around the end of a slender wooden stick or wire for applying medications or obtaining specimens of secretions and other substances from body surfaces or orifices.swab (swob), A wad of cotton, gauze, or other absorbent material attached to the end of a stick or clamp, used for applying or removing a substance from a surface.swab also swob (swŏb)n.a. A small piece of absorbent material attached to the end of a stick or wire and used for cleansing a surface, applying medicine, or collecting a sample of a substance.b. A sample collected with a swab.tr.v. swabbed, swabbing, swabs also swobbed or swobbing or swobs 1. To use a swab on.2. To clean with a swab.3. To collect a sample from (a person, for example) using a swab.swab (swahb) A wad of cotton, gauze, or other absorbent material attached to the end of a stick or clamp, used to apply or remove a substance from a surface. swab 1. A folded piece of loose-woven cotton gauze, or other absorbent material, used in surgery to apply cleaning and antiseptic solutions to the skin and to mop up free blood and other fluids in the course of the operation. 2. A small sterile twist of cotton wool on the end of an orange stick used to obtain bacterial samples for culture and examination. swab A small piece of absorbent material (e.g. cotton) usually attached to the end of a stick or rod used to apply medication, to take specimens for analysis (e.g. from the bulbar conjunctiva or eyelids), or in surgery for cleaning a wound.SWAB
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| SWAB➣Ship(s) Work Authorization Boundary | | SWAB➣Solid Waste Advisory Board (various states) | | SWAB➣Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Baha | | SWAB➣Single Working Age Benefit (UK) | | SWAB➣Social Work Advisory Board | | SWAB➣Social Welfare Association Baltistan |
swab
Related to swab: swobSynonyms for swabnoun implement consisting of a small piece of cotton that is used to apply medication or cleanse a wound or obtain a specimen of a secretionRelated Wordsnoun cleaning implement consisting of absorbent material fastened to a handleSynonymsRelated Words- cleaning device
- cleaning equipment
- cleaning implement
- dry mop
- dust mop
- dustmop
- mop handle
- sponge mop
verb wash with a swab or a mopSynonymsRelated Wordsverb apply (usually a liquid) to a surfaceSynonymsRelated Words |