Usually means: Tool for collecting or applying samples.
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General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. swab: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. swab: Merriam-Webster
  3. swab: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. swab: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. swab: Collins English Dictionary
  6. swab: Vocabulary.com
  7. Swab, swab: Wordnik
  8. swab: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. swab: Wiktionary
  10. swab: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. swab (swob): The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. swab: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. swab, swab: Dictionary.com
  14. swab: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. swab: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Swab: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Swab: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. swab: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. swab: Rhymezone
  20. Swab: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. swab: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. swab: FreeDictionary.org
  23. swab: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. swab: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. swab: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. swab: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. swab: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. swab: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. SWAB: Acronym Finder
  3. swab: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. swab, swab: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

Tech (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. SWAB: GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS, CARTOGRAPHY, AND REMOTE SENSING
  2. Schlumberger Oilfield Glossary (No longer online)
  3. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)
  4. Swab: Latitude Mexico

(Note: See swabbed as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (Swab)

noun:  (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.
noun:  A sample taken with a swab (piece of absorbent material).
noun:  A piece of material used for cleaning or sampling other items like musical instruments or guns.
noun:  A mop, especially on a ship.
noun:  (slang) A sailor; a swabby.
noun:  (slang) A naval officer's epaulet.
verb:  (transitive) To use a swab on something, or clean something with a swab.
noun:  A surname.

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