swabbing
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- noun
- /ˈswɑːbɪŋ/
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limpieza
- Swabbing reduced the number of bacteria on telephone mouthpieces and student keyboards (Figure 2).
Examples
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Subsample Pilot Study of Impact of Swabbing on Reducing Bacterial Counts
Academic text (2009) -
To determine if the swabbing technique used in this study reduced bacterial counts to zero, the effect of swabbing surfaces was measured by sampling computer keyboards and telephone mouthpieces mid-afternoon on a workday.
Academic text (2009) -
We offer supplies, light ship swabbing, and other shipboard chores.
Blog text (27) -
Snap it, hold a swab, apply swirling it three times.
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Effect of swabbing on reduction of bacterial counts on telephone mouthpieces and computer keyboards.
Academic text (2009) -
"If he were home, it would be the height of decadence to read in bed in the middle of the day, but in this temple of pleasure, where even the lowliest deck-swabbers seem ecstatic in their swabbing, anything less than the time of his life feels like failure."
Fiction book (2002) -
On her knees, she drives the brush onto the slats of the floor and swabs up the dark, dirty water with her bare hands, and in the scrubbing and swabbing, stretched out on her knees, her ruminations with God begin.
Fiction book (2001) -
To determine if the swabbing technique used in this study reduced bacterial counts to zero, the effect of swabbing surfaces was measured by sampling computer keyboards and telephone mouthpieces mid-afternoon on a workday.
Academic text (2009) -
The cleaning crew was busy with their swabbing of the floors to maintain hygiene.
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After each patient, the nurse made sure to perform a thorough swabbing of the examination table.
Synonyms
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The act of removing dirt and dust from a place or object
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The act of cleaning something with water and soap
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A hard rubbing of a surface to clean it
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An act of cleaning or drying a surface by rubbing it with a cloth
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Cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush, soap, and water to remove dirt
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Cleaning a floor with a wet cloth on a long handle to remove dirt
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An action of cleaning a floor with a broom
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Cleaning a surface by rubbing it hard with a brush and soap
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Morphology
Etymology
Swabbing comes from swab, a piece of cloth used to 'wipe' or clean things, and sailors used the phrase 'swab the deck' for mopping. So swabbing means the act of cleaning a surface with a mop or cloth.