Swab

Meaning of Swab

noun
  1. A small piece of soft, absorbent material, such as gauze, used to clean wounds, apply medicine, or take samples of body fluids. Often attached to a stick or wire to aid access.
  2. A sample taken with a swab (piece of absorbent material).
  3. A piece of material used for cleaning or sampling other items like musical instruments or guns.
  4. A mop, especially on a ship.
  5. A sailor; a swabby.
  6. A naval officer's epaulet.
verb
  1. To use a swab on something, or clean something with a swab.
    swab the deck of a ship

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Hyphenation of Swab

Swab

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
  • Swab is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

Swab synonyms

Meaning swob:

swob, mop

Meaning dab:

dab, swob

Meaning :

swabby

Anagrams of Swab

wabs

Words that rhyme with Swab

swab

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