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The Meaning of swab

  • (n.) To clean with a mop or swab; to wipe when very wet, as after washing; as, to swab the desk of a ship.
  • (n.) A kind of mop for cleaning floors, the desks of vessels, etc., esp. one made of rope-yarns or threads.
  • (n.) A bit of sponge, cloth, or the like, fastened to a handle, for cleansing the mouth of a sick person, applying medicaments to deep-seated parts, etc.
  • (n.) An epaulet.
  • (n.) A cod, or pod, as of beans or pease.
  • (n.) A sponge, or other suitable substance, attached to a long rod or handle, for cleaning the bore of a firearm.

Homophones

swob

Rhymes

aube , baab , blob , bob , bobb , cob , cobb , corncob , daub , daube , dob , dobb , fob , gaub , glaab , glaub , glob , gob , grob , haub , heartthrob , hob , hobnob , job , knaub , knob , knobbe , krob , laub , laube , lob , lobb , miserables , mob , naab , nobbe , prob , punjab , raab , raub , rob , robb , robbe , saab , schaab , schwab , shaub , slob , snob , sob , squab , staab , staub , stobbe , taube , thingamabob , throb , traub , wobbe