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swabbed

Main Entry:: ²swab
Function:: transitive verb
Inflected Form(s):: swabbed; swab·bing
Etymology:: back-formation from swabber
Date:: 1719

1 : to clean with or as if with a swab 2 : to apply medication to with a swab <swabbed the wound with iodine>

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