Crossword-Solution: SWAB
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| 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. |
| Swab | n. | A kind of mop for cleaning floors, the desks of vessels, etc., esp. one made of rope-yarns or threads. |
| Swab | 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. |
| Swab | n. | An epaulet. |
| Swab | n. | A cod, or pod, as of beans or pease. |
| Swab | n. | A sponge, or other suitable substance, attached to a long rod or handle, for cleaning the bore of a firearm. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| SWAB | anagram | BAWS, BSAW |
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One who, or that which, eats.
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Sentences with SWAB (5)
Where a crew of seven men have to work a fair-sized ship the loss of two experienced seamen is a serious one, for though the negroes may take a spell at the wheel or swab the decks, they are of little or no use in rough weather.
After half an hour with a swab or a bucket, he feels himself as secure as if he had paid for his passage.
This man was afflicted with a syphilitic affection of the mouth, and he constructed a swab ten inches long with which to cleanse his fauces.
Jes' lay to that, you swab, or so 'elp me I'll take a pull on your peak-purchases!" Kent was so nervous that it took three puffs to blow out the slush-lamp, and he crawled into his blankets without even removing his moccasins.
Scoop, and scrape, and scoop, and scrape; then put a cloth on your oldest broom, pour lots of water on, pail after pail, and swab! When you've swabbed till it won't do any more good, then scrub! After that, I shouldn't wonder if you had to fan the floor with a newspaper or it'll never get dry before father comes home.
Quotes with SWAB (3)
It as mathematical, marriage, not, as one might expect, additional; it was exponential. This one man, nervous in a suite a size too small for his long, lean self, this woman, in a green lace dress cut to the upper thigh, with a white rose behind her ear. Christ, so young. The woman before them was a unitarian minister, and on her buzzed scalp, the grey hairs shone in a swab of sun through the lace in the window. Outside, Poughkeepsie was waking. Behind them, a man in a custod…
In my younger days dodging the draft, I somehow wound up in the Marine Corps. There's a myth that Marine training turns baby-faced recruits into bloodthirsty killers. Trust me, the Marine Corps is not that efficient. What it does teach, however, is a lot more useful. The Marine Corps teaches you how to be miserable. This is invaluable for an artist. Marines love to be miserable. Marines derive a perverse satisfaction in having colder chow, crappier equipment, and higher casua…
I regret always writing, writing. I gave my kid the whole plastic bag of marshmallows, so i could have 20 minutes to write. I sat at my mother's deathbed, writing. I did swab her mouth with water, and feel her pliant tongue enjoy water, then harden and die. Before I had language, before I had stories, I wanted to write. That desire is going away. I've said what I have to say. I'll stop and look at things I called distractions. Become a reader of the world, no more writer of it.
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Appears in: Boston Globe, Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NY Sun, NYT, Rock & Roll, S&S, Slate, The Atlantic, Three Across, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 380 times in crossword archives (1947–2025).