Q-Tip

American  

[kyoo-tip] / ˈkjuˌtɪp /

Trademark.

1. a brand of cotton-tipped swab used especially for cleansing a small area or for applying medications or cosmetics.

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Example Sentences

Another is, obviously, the fact that you should not push the Q-tip so far that it touches the eardrum.

From Slate • Oct. 15, 2023

“It almost looked like a second pupil. I gently started using a Q-tip to peel the lenses apart one by one, like you would deal a deck of cards,” Kurteeva said in the story.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 19, 2022

“We see Q-tip injuries all the time,” Liu says.

From Washington Post • Jan. 10, 2022

She said Wright’s son, Daunte Jr., was born early at 28 weeks and while the baby was hospitalized, Wright fed him with a Q-tip dipped in milk.

From Fox News • Dec. 10, 2021

I imagine shoving my tumbleweed of hair in that thing, and know I’ll look just like a brown Q-tip.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera