A cotton bud is a small stick with cotton on each end. Use a cotton bud.
Every box says not to put one in your ear, and everybody does it anyway. The plastic cotton bud was banned in England in 2020 and replaced with paper.
1nouncotton budA small stick with cotton on each end.
“He cleaned the keyboard with a cotton bud and a drop of spirit.”
cotton bud is a tool.
Also accepted in games: cotton swab
Practised in Hair & Grooming