swabbing [
swɑb]
swabbing[ noun ]
cleaning with a mop
<noun.act>
he gave it a good mopping
Swab \Swab\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Swabbed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Swabbing}.] [See {Swabber}, n.]
To clean with a mop or swab; to wipe when very wet, as after
washing; as, to swab the desk of a ship. [Spelt also {swob}.]
- Martin says he can ride up or down the building in 20 minutes, swabbing windows and aluminum paneling with a sudsy solution of household detergent and ammonia and scraping them dry with a squeegee.
- It is a hierarchy much like that of the average Japanese sushi restaurant. Before slicing the fish, the aspiring sushi master must spend about five years, bucket in hand, swabbing the floor and soaping the sushi bench at the end of the night.