[{"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["a large mop used on shipboard for cleaning decks, living quarters, etc.", "a bit of sponge, cloth, cotton, or the like, sometimes fixed to a stick, for cleansing the mouth of a sick person or for applying medicaments, drying areas, etc.", "the material collected with a swab as a specimen for microscopic study.", "a brush or wad of absorbent material for cleaning the bore of a firearm.", "Slang.a sailor; swabby .", "Slang.a clumsy fellow."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to clean with or as if with a swab:to swab the decks.", "to take up or apply, as moisture, with or as if with a swab:to swab soapy water from the decks.", "to pass over a surface:to swab a mop over the decks."]}, {"Bold_text": "abbreviation for", "List Items": ["Swabia.", "Swabian."]}]