Swob

Definition: Swob

Swob

Noun

1. Cleaning implement consisting of absorbent material fastened to a handle; for cleaning floors.

Verb

1. Wash with a swab or a mop; "swab the ship's decks".

2. Apply (usually a liquid) to a surface.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: Swob

Expression using "swob": swob down. Additional references.

Albanian

shtupë (plug, sponge, stopgap, stopper, stupe, swab, tow, wad, washcloth, wiper), tampon (sponge, swab, tampon, tent). (various references)

Bulgarian 

подомиячка с дръжка (swab). (various references)

Czech

utírat (rub, swab, wipe, wipe off, wipe out). (various references)

Greek 

σφουγγαρίζω (mop, mop up, scrub, swab), μάκτρο (swab), πατσαβούρα (clout, rag, swab, whore), επιθέτω φάρμακο (swab). (various references)

Hungarian

feltörlõ (swab), felmosó (mop, swab), felmos (mop, mop up, swab, to mop, to swab, to wash up, wash). (various references)

Italian

tampone (buffer, pad, pledget, plug, stopper, swab, tampon, tent, wad), redazzare (swab). (various references)

Pig Latin

obsway.(various references)

Portuguese

pincelar (paint, swab), mecha de algodão (swab), indivíduo desajeitado (slob, swab, swabber), galão de oficial (swab), esfregão (mop, rubber, swab), cotonete (cotton swab, swab). (various references)

Russian 

швабра (mop, swab), мазок (brushstroke, dab, swab). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

tampon (swab, tampon). (various references)

Spanish

trapo (cloth, clout, Cork, cover, dishcloth, drier, duster, rag, rags, swab), torunda (swab), limpiar (black, char, clean, clean down, clean out, clean up, cleanse, clear, clear out, debug, delete, do, dredge, dust, efface, Frank, knock off, live down, make clean, manicure, mop, mop up, police, polish, purge, rub up, scavenge, scour, scrape, shine, swab, tidy, tidy out, tidy up, turn out, wash, wipe, wipe down, wipe off, wipe out, wipe up), fregar (mop, rub, scour, scrub, swab, wash, wash up), estropajo (dishcloth, scourer, scouring pad, scrubber, steelwool, swab), escobillón (swab), algodón (candy floss, cotton, swab, wadding). (various references)

Thai

ทำความสะอา�" (clean, muck out). (various references)

Turkish

temizlik bezi (rubber, swab), paspas bezi (swab), ilaçlı pamuk (swab), bulaşık bezi (dish cloth, dishcloth, swab), alçak (abandoned, abject, base, baseborn, blackguard, contemptible, cowardly, dastardly, heel, humble, ignoble, lousy, low, low down, lowrise, misbegotten, nasty, nefarious, no good, rascally, ravisher, recreant, scoundrel, scoundrelly, short, sneak, sneaking, sneaky, sordid, squat, swab, vile, villainous), aşağılık kimse (bounder, caitiff, dastard, dirty dog, heel, jerk, louse, no good, reptile, reptilian, skunk, snot). (various references)

Ukrainian

тампон (swab, tampon, wad), швабра (bear, mop, swab, swabber), витирати тампоном (swab), мити шваброю (swab), підтирати (swab, wipe up), помазок (brush, swab). (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "swob": swobbed, swobber, swobbers, swobbing, swobs. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: bows.

-1 letter: bos, bow, sob, sow, wos.

-2 letters: bo, os, ow, so, wo.

+1 letter: blows, bowls, bowse, brows, swobs, wombs.

+2 letters: belows, besnow, bestow, blowsy, bowels, bowers, bowsed, bowses, browns, browse, elbows, embows, oxbows, sunbow, upbows.

+3 letters: barlows, barrows, behowls, bellows, besnows, bestows, bestrow, beworms, billows, blowbys, blowers, blowsed, blowups, borrows, bowfins, bowings, bowlegs, bowlers, bowless, bowpots, bowshot, bowsing, bowwows, bowyers, browsed, browser, browses, burrows, bywords, byworks, cobwebs, cowboys, enwombs, fogbows, lowboys, mistbow, newsboy, showbiz, sowable, sunbows, swobbed, swobber, wobbles, wombats.