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DABBED
DAB
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
Verb
dabbed
simple past tense and past participle of dab
Source: Wiktionary
DAB
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
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