A mop used to clean the deck of a ship. A rude name for a seaman.

To reduce pressure in a wellbore by moving pipe, wireline tools or rubber-cupped seals up the wellbore. If the pressure is reduced sufficiently, reservoir fluids may flow into the wellbore and towards [..]

1650s, "mop made of rope or yarn," from swabber (c. 1600) "mop for cleaning a ship's deck," from Dutch zwabber, akin to West Frisian swabber "mop," from Proto-German [..]

1719, possibly a back-formation from swabber (see swab (n.)). Related: Swabbed; swabbing. Related: Swabification "mopping" (1833).

A sailor. Disparaging. This term, frequently used by non-sailors to refer to sailors, is most likely a contraction of the term "swabbie" or "swabby", presumably der [..]

Slang for female masturbation. Coined by a female caller to the Big O and Dukes radio show.

Super weak ass bitch.

To "swab" is to perform in the act of female masturbation, or to finger a female. The past tense would be "Swabbed".

SWAB stands for Slithering Wanker at the Bottom. It is when one decides to plunge from a high area to the ground and they are an idiot for doing so and thus injure themselves and all they have left to [..]

Acronym for: Sex-positive, Woman-centered, Adult lifestyle Blog. In an effort to tap into the market segment represented by women, many mainstream porn websites have developed female-friendly blogs.

/swob/ [From the mnemonic for the PDP-11 `SWAp Byte' instruction, as immortalized in the `dd(1)' option `conv=swab' (see dd)] 1. vt. To solve the NUXI problem by swapping bytes in a fil [..]

Nautical terminology for a mop. This word was used as both a noun and a verb. Usage: 1) "Hey Ski, get busy with that swab!" 2) If we don't get this deck swabbed by 0900, the Gun [..]

A small piece of material or cotton that is used to take a sample of body fluid.

(n) implement consisting of a small piece of cotton that is used to apply medication or cleanse a wound or obtain a specimen of a secretion(n) cleaning implement consisting of absorbent material faste [..]

A kind of large mop, made of junk, to clean a ship's deck with. Swell

A mop.

A mop.

A swab is a mop made from rope used to clean the deck. It is also an insult intended to show contempt for a crude, ignorant person.

  Rope or yarn mop but never called, a mop.; also an unflattering term for a Sailor.  

(1) (noun) A disrespectful term for a seaman. "Man that gun, ye cowardly swabs!" (2) (verb) To clean something. Being put to "swabbing the decks" would be a low-lev [..]

a rope or yarn mop. Also, to use a swab, typically to clean or clear water from a deck.

rope or yarn mop used for cleaning. BACK TO TOP TOPSIDE - upper level, or above decks.

(1) Sailor. (2) Mop.

A mop made from rope; to use such a mop.

A disrespectful term for a seaman. "Man that gun, ye cowardly swabs!"

To clean something. Being put to "swabbing the decks" would be a low-level punishment for a disobedient pirate.

 A long cotton bud used to take samples of fluids/discharges.

A circular, sewer-cleaning tool almost the same diameter as the pipe being cleaned. As a final cleaning procedure after a sewer line has been cleaned with a porcupine, a swab is pulled through the sew [..]

, (1) sb. a butcher’s swab = a butcher’s boy. (2) sb. a contemptuous term for a person.

A tool which is lowered down the pipe on a wire line. The “swab” is then pulled out of the hole. As it travels up the pipe, rubber elements expand so that the fluid in the pipe is trapped above the sw [..]

A hollow rubber cylinder with a flap (check valve) on the bottom surface. It is lowered below the fluid level in the well. This opens the check valve allowing fluid into the cylinder. The check valve flap closes as the swab is pulled back up, lifting oil to the surface.

(medicine) 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. A sample [..]