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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.
swab by osofuchi September 15, 2005
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Me: Bro, you comin out tonight?

Bro: Nah, I'd rather stay home and do something lame.

Me: Stop being a swab.
swab by Brolociraptor11 April 4, 2011
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To "swab" is to perform in the act of female masturbation, or to finger a female.

The past tense would be "Swabbed".
Ex.

Angela: "I'm so horny, I think I'm gonna go swab."

Marcus: "I was swabbing this girl the other day, and she totally had herpes!"

Jaime: "It smells like tuna in here!"
Katie: "Sorry...I just swabbed."
Swab by Cela J. August 28, 2012
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."
Swab by Chad Michael Michaels March 19, 2008
SWAB stands for Slithering Wanker at the Bottom. It is when one decides to plunge from a high area to the ground and they are an idiot for doing so and thus injure themselves and all they have left to do is slither around at the bottom.
" I got upset and decided to SWAB"
SWAB by agentC March 10, 2015
Acronym for: Sex-positive, Woman-centered, Adult lifestyle Blog. In an effort to tap into the market segment represented by women, many mainstream porn websites have developed female-friendly blogs.
I love that blog -- it's so SWAB. As a woman, I feel that it speaks to my views on sexuality.
SWAB by Emmanuelle Undine November 30, 2010
A young lady who responds to a gentlemans attempts to get into her knickers with monosyllabic disinterest.
A Single Word Answer Bitch.
"She looks well fit, but I tried chatting her up, and she's a right SWAB!"
SWAB by BadBeast December 15, 2009