Definitions

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  • proper noun A cotton swab consisting of short, thin, flexible, plastic rods with a swab of cotton wool (UK)/cotton (US) at each end; they are typically used for cleaning the ears.

Etymologies

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Marketing coinage. See tip. Q-TIPS is a registered trademark of Unilever; see .

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Examples

  • My GOD you are so stupid it is like beating a Q-tip into an anvil.

    Think Progress » Boehner Claims Student Loan Reform Will ‘Eliminate Every Bank In The Country’ 2010

  • Trying to get Kenneth to absorb ANY reailty is like trying to beat a Q-tip into an anvil.

    Think Progress » ‘Grassroots’ Opposition To Clean Energy Reform Bankrolled By Foreign Oil, Petro-Governments (Updated) 2010

  • Use it to gargle your throat a couple of times, tilt your head back and apply some in your nostrils with a dropper, paint your nostrils using a Q-tip or your pinky (after you wash it first).

    SWINE FLU 2009

  • The models had arms so thin they could fit through a doughnut hole and it was obvious that they were as curveless as a Q-tip.

    Judith J. Wurtman, PhD: Real Women Don't Have Perfect Bodies PhD Judith J. Wurtman 2011

  • Use it to gargle your throat a couple of times, tilt your head back and apply some in your nostrils with a dropper, paint your nostrils using a Q-tip or your pinky (after you wash it first).

    SWINE FLU 2009

  • Use it to gargle your throat a couple of times, tilt your head back and apply some in your nostrils with a dropper, paint your nostrils using a Q-tip or your pinky (after you wash it first).

    SWINE FLU 2009

  • Use it to gargle your throat a couple of times, tilt your head back and apply some in your nostrils with a dropper, paint your nostrils using a Q-tip or your pinky (after you wash it first).

    SWINE FLU 2009

  • Use it to gargle your throat a couple of times, tilt your head back and apply some in your nostrils with a dropper, paint your nostrils using a Q-tip or your pinky (after you wash it first).

    SWINE FLU 2009

  • Use it to gargle your throat a couple of times, tilt your head back and apply some in your nostrils with a dropper, paint your nostrils using a Q-tip or your pinky (after you wash it first).

    SWINE FLU 2009

  • If you have a piece of scratched furniture, steep some grounds and apply a bit of the liquid with a Q-tip [cotton bud].

    Use Coffee Grounds As A Drain Cleaner | Lifehacker Australia 2010

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