Synonyms of the word swab


SWABAPPLY - DAB - IMPLEMENT - MOP - SWOB

swab

  • n. (medicine) A small piece of soft, absorbent material, such as gauze, used to clean wounds, apply medicine,…
  • n. A sample taken with a swab (piece of absorbent material).
  • n. A piece of material used for cleaning or sampling other items like musical instruments or guns.
  • n. A mop, especially on a ship.
  • n. (slang) A sailor; a swabby.
  • v. (transitive) To use a swab on something, or clean something with a swab.

apply

  • v. (transitive) To lay or place; to put (one thing to another).
  • v. (transitive) To put to use; to use or employ for a particular purpose, or in a particular case; to appropriate;…
  • v. (transitive) To make use of, declare, or pronounce, as suitable, fitting, or relative; as, to apply the…
  • v. (transitive) To fix closely; to engage and employ diligently, or with attention; to attach; to incline.
  • v. (transitive) To betake; to address; to refer; generally used reflexively.
  • v. (intransitive) To submit oneself as a candidate (with the adposition "to" designating the recipient of…
  • v. (intransitive) To pertain or be relevant to a specified individual or group.
  • v. (obsolete) To busy; to keep at work; to ply.
  • v. (obsolete) To visit.
  • adj. Alternative spelling of appley.

dab

  • v. (transitive) To press lightly in a repetitive motion with a soft object without rubbing.
  • v. (transitive) To apply a substance in this way.
  • v. To strike by a thrust; to hit with a sudden blow or thrust.
  • v. To apply hash oil to a heated surface for the purpose of efficient combustion.
  • v. To perform the dab dance move, by moving both arms to one side of the body parallel with your head.
  • n. A soft tap or blow; a blow or peck from a bird's beak; an aimed blow.
  • n. (African American Vernacular) A soft, playful box given in greeting or approval.
  • n. A small amount, a blob of some soft or wet substance.
  • n. (chiefly in the plural, dated, Britain) Fingerprint.
  • n. A small amount of hash oil.
  • n. A hip hop dance move in which the dancer simultaneously drops the head while raising an arm, briefly resting…
  • adv. With a dab, or sudden contact.
  • n. One skilful or proficient; an expert; an adept.
  • n. A small flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae, especially Limanda limanda; a flounder.
  • n. (US) A sand dab, a small flatfish of genus Citharichthys.
  • adj. (obsolete, back slang) Bad.

implement

  • n. A tool or instrument for working with.
  • v. to bring about; to put into practice.
  • v. to carry out; to do.

mop

  • n. An implement for washing floors, or the like, made of a piece of cloth, or a collection of thrums, or…
  • n. (humorous) A dense head of hair.
  • n. (Britain, dialect) A fair where servants are hired.
  • n. (Britain, dialect) The young of any animal; also, a young girl; a moppet.
  • n. A made-up face; a grimace.
  • v. (transitive) To rub, scrub, clean or wipe with a mop, or as if with a mop.
  • v. (intransitive) To make a wry expression with the mouth.

swob

  • n. Alternative form of swab.
  • v. Alternative form of swab.

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