swabbing

IPA: swˈæbɪŋ

Examples of "swabbing" in Sentences

Disclosed is an apparatus for swabbing wells.
The swabbing was a buccal swab, a Q-tip swab of the cheek of Dannielynn.
The veterinarian looked at Puff's ears, first swabbing them with alcohol.
On January 29, 2010 the Company completed a long term swabbing test of zone 7 of 404 hours over 35 days.
The twice-annual swabbing of the high, dust-laden logs in the Centennial house was work that never ended.
DOWNEY: And I think that -- I'm upset, because there should be some kind of swabbing of your mouth or DNA.
Fortunately very little water got inside the file cabinets and four people violently mopping and swabbing got the water cleaned up with no bad damage.
The floor itself did not leave room for me to lie down -- besides it was often wet by dirty water being spilled upon it, or from the daily "swabbing" it usually received.
In other words, the system can be run either as a low cost, lower labor alternative to a "swabbing" unit or as a "set it and forget it" alternative to a conventional pumping unit.
I am familiar with cheek swabbing (used by some DNA testing companies) which is a little more dignified as the person doing it, appears to be brushing their teeth not spitting into a container.