What is Swab?
1.
A sailor. Disparaging.
This term, frequently used by non-sailors to refer to sailors, is most likely a contraction of the term "swabbie" or "swabby", presumably derived from the notion of sailors "swabbing the deck". "Swabbie/y" is currently in use only among the elderly; "swab" is the more common term among young people.
Typically applied to sailors of the U.S. Navy.
When the ships come in, all the swabs come down to the bars to get drunk.
2.
Slang for female masturbation. Coined by a female caller to the Big O and Dukes radio show.
Caller: "I swab to the sex scene in Monster's Ball."
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3.
U.S. Marine Corps term for a mop or a sailer--either of which can be used for cleaning the deck.
We saw several drunken swabs returning to their ship.
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4.
Abbreviation for "Study With a Buddy". Used in class by the teacher to have students study a few minutes in preparation for a quiz or test.
Other variations: SWYS (study with your self), SWAT (Study with a teacher- used for group led sessions), and swabbing (the gerund form of the word).
"Class, SWAB for 5 minutes for the animal vocabulary quiz!"
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5.
to take a left turn, usually in a car
"Swab a left" or just "swab it"
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SWAB
Abbreviation for "Study With a Buddy". Used in class by the teacher to have students study a few minutes in preparation for a quiz or test.
Other variations: SWYS (study with your self), SWAT (Study with a teacher- used for group led sessions), and swabbing (the gerund form of the word).
"Class, SWAB for 5 minutes for the animal vocabulary quiz!"
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7.
Super
Waterboy
Actuator
Bypass
Coined by Gigaherz on Focaljet for the IMRC actuator bypass poineered by "Waterboy" on FJ
Did you do the SWAB to your SPI Focus yet?
