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Dab Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Dab?
[n] a light touch or stroke
[n] a small quantity of something moist or soft; "a dab of paint"; "a splatter of mud" [v] hit lightly [v] apply (usually a liquid) to a surface Synonyms | Synonyms for Dab: pat | pat | splash | splatter | swab | swob | tap Related Terms | Find terms related to Dab: ace | adept | apply paint | atom | authority | beak | bedaub | bedizen | begild | besmear | bit | bloodstain | blot | blotch | blur | brand | brush | brush on paint | bunt | butter | calcimine | chuck | coat | color | complexion | cover | dabster | dash | daub | deep-dye | dip | distemper | dole | dollop | dot | double-dye | drag | dram | dress | dribble | driblet | drop | dub | dwarf | dye | emblazon | enamel | engild | equalize | even | eyesore | face | farthing | fast-dye | fillip | flatten | fleck | flick | flip | flirt | flyspeck | fragment | fresco | gild | glaze | gloss | gobbet | grade | grain | granule | graze | grease | groat | hair | handful | harrow | hint | hue | illuminate | imbue | ingrain | iota | japan | jot | lacquer | lay | lay on | lay on color | level | little | little bit | lubricate | macula | maculation | macule | mark | master | minim | minimum | minutiae | mite | modicum | molecule | mote | mow | nutshell | oil | ounce | paint | parget | particle | pat | patch | pebble | peck | pick | pigment | pinch | pittance | plane | planish | plaster | point | poke | prime | professional | proficient | rap | scruple | shade | shadow | shave | shellac | slap on | slather | slop on paint | smarm | smear | smear on | smidgen | smidgin | smirch | smitch | smooth | smooth down | smooth out | smouch | smudge | smut | smutch | snap | spatter | speck | speckle | splash | splatter | splotch | spoonful | spot | spread on | spread with | stain | stigma | stipple | suggestion | taint | tamp | tap | tar | tarnish | thimbleful | tickle | tinct | tincture | tinge | tint | tiny bit | tip | tittle | tone | touch | trace | trifling amount | trivia | undercoat | varnish | wash | whisk | whit | whitewash | whiz | wizard See Also | apply | put on | small indefinite amount | small indefinite quantity | strike | touch | touching Dab In Webster's Dictionary \Dab\ (d[a^]b), n. [Perh. corrupted fr. adept.]
A skillful hand; a dabster; an expert. [Colloq.]
One excels at a plan or the titlepage, another works
away at the body of the book, and the third is a dab at
an index. --Goldsmith.
\Dab\, n. [Perh. so named from its quickness in diving beneath the sand. Cf. {Dabchick}.] (Zo["o]l.) A name given to several species of flounders, esp. to the European species, {Pleuronectes limanda}. The American rough dab is {Hippoglossoides platessoides}. \Dab\ (d[a^]b), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Dabbed} (d[a^]bd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Dabbing}.] [OE. dabben to strice; akin to OD. dabben to pinch, knead, fumble, dabble, and perh. to G. tappen to grope.] 1. To strike or touch gently, as with a soft or moist substance; to tap; hence, to besmear with a dabber. A sore should . . . be wiped . . . only by dabbing it over with fine lint. --S. Sharp. 2. To strike by a thrust; to hit with a sudden blow or thrust. ``To dab him in the neck.'' --Sir T. More. \Dab\, n. 1. A gentle blow with the hand or some soft substance; a sudden blow or hit; a peck. A scratch of her claw, a dab of her beak. --Hawthorne. 2. A small mass of anything soft or moist. |
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