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Definition: SWABBER |
SWABBERNoun1. Same as Swobber, 2. 2. Formerly, an interior officer on board of British ships of war, whose business it was to see that the ship was kept clean. 3. One who swabs a floor or desk. Transitive verb1. To swab. |
Date "SWABBER" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1600. (references) |
Crosswords: SWABBER |
| English words defined with "SWABBER": Swobber. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "SWABBER": casing puller ♦ pipe puller, pulling-machine operator ♦ rig operator ♦ tube puller ♦ WELL PULLER, work-over rig operator. (references) |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "SWABBER": grease-swabber. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "SWABBER"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | pastrues (abstergent, care-taker, laxative, orderly, purgative, purgatorial, purgatory, purificatory, purifier, rectifier, refiner, scavenger, swamper), përtac (dangler, dawdler, do nothing, do-naught, faineant, good for nothing, idle, Idler, indolent, lazy, moocher, ne'er do well, otiose, poke, slacker, slothful, sluggard, snail, sundowner, truant, twiddler). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | σπογγιστήσ (wiper), σφουγγαριστήσ (scrubber). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | takarító (cleaner, dirt wiper). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | abbersway indivíduo desajeitado (slob, swab, swob). (various references) увалень (deadhead, dub, goof, laggard, lubber, lummox), уборщик (cleaner, cleaning people, janitor). (various references) krpa za brisanje, čistač palube. (various references) mozo de la limpieza. (various references) temizleyici (cleaner, cleansing, detergent, detersive, purgative, purificatory, purifier), hantal herif. (various references) швабра (bear, mop, swab, swob), вайло (clodhopper, laggard, lummox, slug), прибиральник (cleaner, janitor, porter). (various references) người vụng về (booby, bumpkin, butter-fingers, fumbler, lout, lubber, muff, swobber), người hậu đậu (dodderer, swobber). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "SWABBER": swabbers. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-b-e-r-s-w" | |
-1 letter: barbes. | |
-2 letters: abbes, babes, barbe, barbs, bares, baser, bears, braes, braws, brews, resaw, saber, sabre, sawer, sewar, sware, swear, wares, wears. | |
-3 letters: abbe, arbs, ares, arse, awes, babe, barb, bare, bars, base, bear, brae, bras, braw, brew, ears, ebbs, eras, rase, raws, rebs, sabe, sear, sera, swab, wabs, waes, ware, wars, wear, webs. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-b-e-r-s-w" | |
+1 letter: swabbers, wabblers. | |
+2 letters: barbwires, browbeats. | |
+5 letters: cabbageworms. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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