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