SWAB
- to clean with a large mop [v SWABBED, SWABBING, SWABS]
- bit of cloth, cotton, etc., esp. on a stick, used for cleaning or applying medicine
- to clean with a swab
- mop
- yarn mop
- wad of absorbent material usually wound around one end of a small stick and used especially for applying medication or for removing material from an area
- specimen taken with a swab
- sponge or cloth patch attached to a long handle and used to clean the bore of a firearm
- useless or contemptible person