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swab

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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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