swab

Etymology
Mid 17th century (in the sense 'mop for cleaning the decks'): back-formation from, from , from a Germanic base meaning 'splash' or 'sway', also found as nautical 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬 ("scrubber, mop, swab")

Noun

 * 1)  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.
 * 2) A sample taken with a swab.
 * 3) A piece of material used for cleaning or sampling other items like musical instruments or guns.
 * 4) A mop, especially on a ship.
 * 5)  A sailor; a swabby.
 * 6)  A naval officer's epaulet.
 * 1)  A naval officer's epaulet.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Dutch: watje, prop
 * Faroese: tvørri
 * German:
 * Italian:
 * Latin: turunda
 * Maori: kope
 * Polish:
 * Spanish:


 * Dutch:
 * German:
 * Italian:
 * Macedonian: брис
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Turkish:


 * Catalan:
 * Dutch: poetsvod,doekje
 * German: Läppchen,
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Irish: ceirt
 * Italian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:


 * Bulgarian: моп
 * Dutch:
 * German:
 * Ido:
 * Portuguese:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch: koopvaardijmatroos
 * German: ,
 * Hungarian:

Verb

 * 1)  To use a swab on something, or clean something with a swab.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: бърша с моп
 * Dutch: zwabberen, dweilen
 * German:, , ,
 * Ido:
 * Luxembourgish: betuppen
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Swedish:, , våttorka