To use a swab on something, or clean something with a swab.
A sailor; a swabby.
A naval officer's epaulet.
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 mop, especially on a ship.
A piece of material used for cleaning or sampling other items like musical instruments or guns.
A sample taken with a swab (piece of absorbent material).
To swipe.
To streak, to color in a swash.
To wade forcefully through liquid.
To swagger; to act with boldness or bluster (toward).
To fall violently or noisily.
To dash or flow noisily; to splash.
To swirl through liquid; to swish.
A long, protruding ornamental line or pen stroke found in some typefaces and styles of calligraphy.
A smooth stroke; a swish.
A wet splashing sound.
The water that washes up on shore after an incoming wave has broken.
A streak or patch.
A narrow sound or channel of water lying within a sand bank, or between a sand bank and the shore, or a bar over which the sea washes.
A swishing noise.
An oval figure, whose mouldings are oblique to the axis of the work.
bold; dramatic.
Having pronounced swashes.