Definitions for swob

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Spelling: [swob]

IPA: /swɒb/

Swob is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 26 anagrams from letters in swob (bosw).

Definitions for swob

noun

1. a large mop used on shipboard for cleaning decks, living quarters, etc.
2. a bit of sponge, cloth, cotton, or the like, sometimes fixed to a stick, for cleansing the mouth of a sick person or for applying medicaments, drying areas, etc.
3. the material collected with a swab as a specimen for microscopic study.
4. a brush or wad of absorbent material for cleaning the bore of a firearm.
5. Slang. a sailor; swabby.
6. Slang. a clumsy fellow.

verb (used with object)

1. to clean with or as if with a swab:
2. to take up or apply, as moisture, with or as if with a swab:
3. to pass over a surface:

noun, verb (used with object)

1. swab.

Origin of swob

First recorded in 1645-55; back formation from swabber

Examples for swob

Does he, you swob, roared the apparition, an oos goin to give it im?

If you swob yourself carefully with this, you will not become diseased.