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Swab

noun

Implement consisting of a small piece of cotton that is used to apply medication or cleanse a wound or obtain a specimen of a secretion.

Cleaning implement consisting of absorbent material fastened to a handle; for cleaning floors. Synonyms: mop, swob.

verb

(past & past part. swabbed; pres. part. swabbing) (Spelt also swob)

Wash with a swab or a mop. Synonym: swob.

Apply (usually a liquid) to a surface. Synonyms: dab, swob.

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"Swab" Quotes from Famous Books

... manipulating her snuff-swab slowly and deliberately, "won't never have no sense while the worl' stan's. Ef a 'oman ain't gwine hether an' yan', rippity-clippity, day in an' day out, an' half the night, they er on ...

— Mingo - And Other Sketches in Black and White • Joel Chandler Harris

... Master Blob!" muttered the Parson between clenched teeth. "I'll swab that boy's soul clean if I have to do it with a scrubbing-brush.... Now, Knapp, ready yourself, while I write a note to ...

— The Gentleman - A Romance of the Sea • Alfred Ollivant

... Oh, if I had my scissors here till I'd clip your ears off—wouldn't I be the happy man, any how, you swab, you?' (whack, whack, crack). ...

— The Ned M'Keown Stories - Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of - William Carleton, Volume Three • William Carleton

... interesting. Hazlitt stole up behind, and knocked his hat flying across the cloister. In a second Gordon and Lovelace were on him. They did not care in the very least what happened to Davenham. He played no part in their life. But a School House man had been "cheeked" by a filthy little outhouse swab. These aliens had ...

— The Loom of Youth • Alec Waugh

... structures and the ease with which proper drainage may be effected. No special after-care is necessary if drainage is perfect, except that one should avoid injecting the wound cavity with aqueous solutions unless it be absolutely necessary to cleanse such cavity, and then it is best to swab the wound rather than ...

— Lameness of the Horse - Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 • John Victor Lacroix

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