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Meaning of DAB

Pronunciation:  dab

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  a light touch or stroke
  2. [n]  a small quantity of something moist or soft; "a dab of paint"; "a splatter of mud"
  3. [v]  hit lightly
  4. [v]  apply (usually a liquid) to a surface
 
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 Synonyms: pat, pat, splash, splatter, swab, swob, tap
 
 See Also: apply, put on, small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity, strike, touch, touching

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \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.

  2. \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}.

  3. \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.

  4. \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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