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verb · intransitive · rare

Q-tip

Q-tip · Q-tips · Q-tipped · Q-tipping

To clean with a Q-tipTo clean with a Q-tip.

Meaning

1 senses

To clean with a Q-tip.

Origin

American genericization from the brand name coined (and registered as the trademark "Q-TIP

American genericization from the brand name coined (and registered as the trademark "Q-TIPS") by Unilever; see tip. Q stands for quality.

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Forms

Q-tips, Q-tipping, Q-tipped, Q-tipped

regular · Lesson

Base form	Q-tip · to Q-tip
3rd person singular	Q-tips
Present participle	Q-tipping
Past simple	Q-tipped
Past participle	Q-tipped

Tenses

Q-tip · Q-tipped · will Q-tip · have Q-tipped

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Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	Q-tip
he, she, it	Q-tips

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have Q-tipped
he, she, it	has Q-tipped

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will Q-tip

Past simpleLesson

all persons

Q-tipped

Synonyms

1 synonyms

cotton wool bud

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

pyramid python pâté qipao qua quack

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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