swabbing : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: swabbing	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for swabbing
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
swabbing n cleaning with a mop; "he gave it a good mopping" [syn: swabbing, mopping]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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}.]