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Dab

Dab Definition And Meaning
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.

Dab Definition And Meaning

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

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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