tap, pat, dab
(noun) a light touch or stroke
dab, splash, splatter
(noun) a small quantity of something moist or liquid; “a dab of paint”; “a splatter of mud”; “just a splash of whiskey”
dab, pat
(verb) hit lightly; “pat him on the shoulder”
dab, swab, swob
(verb) apply (usually a liquid) to a surface; “dab the wall with paint”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
dab (third-person singular simple present dabs, present participle dabbing, simple past and past participle dabbed)
(transitive) To press lightly in a repetitive motion with a soft object without rubbing.
(transitive) To apply a substance in this way.
To strike by a thrust; to hit with a sudden blow or thrust.
(slang) To apply hash oil to a heated surface for the purpose of efficient combustion.
(dance, intransitive) To perform the dab dance move, by moving both arms to one side of the body parallel with your head.
dab (plural dabs)
A soft tap or blow; a blow or peck from a bird's beak; an aimed blow.
(African-American Vernacular) A soft, playful box given in greeting or approval.
Coordinate terms: dap, fistbump, high five
A small amount, a blob of some soft or wet substance.
Synonym: blob
(slang) A small amount of hash oil.
(chiefly, in the plural, dated, British) Fingerprint.
(dance) A hip hop dance move in which the dancer simultaneously drops the head while raising an arm, briefly resting their face in the elbow, as if sneezing into their elbow.
dab (not comparable)
With a dab, or sudden contact.
dab (plural dabs)
One skilful or proficient; an expert; an adept.
Synonym: Thesaurus:skilled person
dab (plural dabs)
A small flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae, especially Limanda limanda; a flounder.
(US) A sand dab, a small flatfish of genus Citharichthys.
dab (comparative more dab, superlative most dab)
(obsolete, costers) Bad.
Synonym: trosseno
Antonyms: doog, doogheno
• ABD, ADB, Abd., BDA, D.B.A., DBA, abd., bad, d/b/a, dba
DAB
Initialism of digital audio broadcasting.
DAB
Initialism of Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong (a pro-Beijing political party in the HKSAR)
• ABD, ADB, Abd., BDA, D.B.A., DBA, abd., bad, d/b/a, dba
Source: Wiktionary
Dab, n. Etym: [Perh. corrupted fr. adept.]
Definition: 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 therd is a dab at an index. Goldsmith.
Dab, n. Etym: [Perh. so named from its quickness in diving beneath the sand. Cf. Dabchick.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: A name given to several species of Pleuronectes . TheAmerican rough dab is Hippoglossoides platessoides.
Dab, v. i. [imp. & p.p. Dabbed; p.pr.& vb.n. Dabbing.] Etym: [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. Astratch of her clame, a dab of her beack. Hawthorne.
2. A small mass of anything soft or moist.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
20 December 2024
(verb) commit fraud and steal from one’s employer; “We found out that she had been fiddling for years”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
