dab

Definition of Dab in English :

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Noun

1. dab, pat, tap

a light touch or stroke

pat
tap

2. dab, splash, splatter

a small quantity of something moist or liquid

Example Sentences:
'a dab of paint'
'a splatter of mud'
'just a splash of whiskey'

Verb

3. dab, swab, swob

apply (usually a liquid) to a surface

Example Sentences:
'dab the wall with paint'

swab
swob

4. dab, pat

hit lightly

Example Sentences:
'pat him on the shoulder'

pat

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Dab

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verbWord forms: dabs, dabbing or dabbed

1.

to touch lightly and quickly

2. (transitive)

to daub with short tapping strokes

to dab the wall with paint

3. (transitive)

to apply (paint, cream, etc) with short tapping strokes

noun

4.

a small amount, esp of something soft or moist

a dab of ink

5.

a small light stroke or tap, as with the hand

6. (often plural) mainly British a slang word for fingerprint

noun

1.

a small common European brown flatfish, Limanda limanda, covered with rough toothed scales: family Pleuronectidae: a food fish

2. (often plural)

any of various other small flatfish, esp flounders

Compare sand dab

3. Also called: patiki

a sand flounder, Rhombosolea plebia, common around New Zealand's South Island

noun

British informal dab hand

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Dab

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Dictionary of American Biography

verb transitive, verb intransitiveWord forms: dabbed or ˈdabbing

1.

to touch or stroke lightly and quickly

2.

to pat with something soft or moist

3.

to put on (paint, etc.) with light, quick strokes

noun

4.

a light, quick stroke; tap; pat

5.

a small, soft or moist bit of something

a dab of rouge

noun

1.

any of several flounders (esp. Limanda proboscidea) of coastal waters

2.

any small flatfish

noun

British, Informal

an expert; dab hand

Dab

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v. dabbed, dab·bing, dabs

v.tr.

1. To apply with short poking strokes: dabbed some paint on the worn spots.

2. To cover lightly with or as if with a moist substance: dabbed the back of the fabric with glue.

3.

a. To rub or pat (something) lightly: dabbed his eye with the corner of his sleeve.

b. To press (something) lightly against an object or surface: dabbed a napkin to her lips.

c. To remove or brush away with light strokes: dabbed the tears from the child's eyes.

v.intr.

To make light patting or stroking motions: dabbed at the wound with a piece of gauze.

n.

1. A small amount: a dab of jelly.

2. A quick light pat.

n.

Any of various flatfishes, especially the edible Limanda limanda of northeast Atlantic waters.

n.
Chiefly British

A dab hand.

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