swab
IPA: swˈɑb
noun
- (medicine) 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.
- A sample taken with a swab (piece of absorbent material).
- A piece of material used for cleaning or sampling other items like musical instruments or guns.
- A mop, especially on a ship.
- (slang) A sailor; a swabby.
- (slang) A naval officer's epaulet.
- A surname.
verb
- (transitive) To use a swab on something, or clean something with a swab.
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Examples of "swab" in Sentences
- Use cotton balls or cotton swabs.
- But that's right you're only a swab.
- Two types of games are played in Swab.
- A swab is in the low half of your body.
- Disclosed is an apparatus for swabbing wells.
- The swab is then streaked on a culture medium.
- A dry sample is collected with a swab or filter paper.
- The swab is a paper stick and double tipped with 100% cotton.
- The eyelids and surrounding skin will be swabbed with disinfectant.
- Cotton swabs can be used in the dyne test for measuring surface energy.
- The arm of the offender is swabbed with alcohol before the cannula is inserted.
- For females, a cotton swab is briefly placed inside your vagina by you or your healthcare provider.
- "Splutter and oons!" cried the man, interrupting me, "who be you a-calling swab, I'd like to know!"
- They had a positive nasal swab, which is a different -- the only indication that we have from that nasal swab is that they were exposed.
- Scene-of-crime material (bloodstains, hairs or a vaginal swab from a rape victim) are typed and matched to a DNA sample from the suspect.
- Frequently the pernicious "swab" is used to soak and so strengthen joint outlines of the sand before drawing patterns, in such cases as this.
- It is necessary that the democratic and pragmatic America and the Europeans chancelleries raise the question of how long this kind of swab measures (with very high costs) supporting dictatorial regimes, could resist before an explosion that could originate instability and global insecurity?
- Yes | No | Report from diverdude41 wrote 36 weeks 2 days ago there are so many factors to think about when shooting a rifle and trying to zero. the loads, rate of twist, scope, and mounts temp of the air, and the barrel after shooting. .my recommendation is what some of the responses have already said. make 20 rounds of your test load, fire 5 rds, and let the barrel cool commpletly. swab from the breech end to remove any fouling, and try another 5 rds repeat this process 2 more times and see where you are at. remember, the first round out of you barrel will be cold ..