cotton bud BrE
cotton swab AmE , also: Q-tip AmE trademark , also: ear stick

Can't look at a cotton bud the same way since.

Then carefully introduce these into the corner of the eye on a cotton bud.

It causes him to sneeze, but the cotton bud gets stuck.

Use a cotton bud to blend the colours together, so there are no hard lines.

Use a cotton bud to carefully blend away edges into foundation so there is no hard edge.

He stayed with acrylics to re-create the small cotton buds.

A man cleaned a woman's navel with cotton buds, then brushed her teeth as if she were a small child.

Mechanical: trauma, foreign bodies such as hairs, insects or cotton buds.

The insects sometimes emerge from diapause before cotton buds are available.

In the end, he was captured by one of the cotton buds, and fell down to the drain of the shower.

Unilever produce 22.5 billion cotton buds a year.

A swab (like a cotton bud) will be used to take a sample of discharge and cells from any sore.

Then smudge downwards towards the lashes, using a cotton bud or a small brush.

Remove any blobs with a damp cotton bud.

Some of these species cause significant damage, such as the boll weevil, which feeds on cotton buds and flowers.

Then use a damp cloth (or cotton bud) to remove any excess from the metal frame so it's nice and shiny.

She climbed the sweeping stairs to her floor, reached into her clutch bag and extracted a cotton bud.

The gel, which is sold in a 5ml tube, is applied directly to the area with a finger or cotton bud.

Calling yourself after a cotton bud, Q-Tip?

Yeah cotton buds.

A 2004 survey reported that the beach had three times the national average quantity of sewage-related debris, with particularly high numbers of cotton bud sticks.

To confirm you have herpes, a swab (like a cotton bud) is used to take a sample of fluid and cells from the blister.

Dip a cotton bud into cuticle-remover and go round each cuticle, then push back with a rubber-tipped hoofstick.

Stuff like non-branded toiletries (cotton buds, plasters, creams) are usually poor quality - that little bit thinner/smaller/less effective.

He then took this cotton swab and stuck it up her.

Cotton swabs are meant for use on the outside of your ear, not the inside.

Cotton swabs should be used only to clean the external ear.

Nothing to prove I'd ever been here, except for some bloody cotton swabs.

Do you often insert things - like cotton swabs - into your ears?

Sticking cotton swabs or other objects into your ear is a bad idea.

Keep fingers and cotton swabs out of your ear canals.

She took a cotton swab, and swabbed both with alcohol.

Don't try to dig it out using cotton swabs or anything else, for that matter.

The man asked as he grabbed a cotton swab and began pouring the alcohol on it.

Gently apply to the ear with cotton swabs to clean.

Q: How bad is it really to stick a cotton swab in my ear?

Keep cotton swabs handy and a bottle of rubbing alcohol.

Cotton swabs can be found in almost every medicine closet, but most are thin and pointed.

Most doctors advise against using cotton swabs unless it's for the outside of the ear.

Soak a cotton swab in warm water and mild soap.

He prepared another cotton swab by dousing it with alcohol.

The cotton swabs used by many state police departments were found to have been contaminated before shipping.

Cotton swabs were also used widely to clean video game cartridges.

I then, quickly, took the cotton swab to a sink and doused it with water.

It's performed by applying a cotton swab to the surface of the throat.

Frowning, he asked for a cotton swab and soap.

They should be wiped off when seen with a cotton swab dipped in rubbing alcohol.

It may be poured, sprayed, or applied with a cotton swab directly to the area.