'DAB' definitions:
Definition of 'dab'
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Definition of 'Dab'
From: GCIDE
- Dab \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. [1913 Webster]
- A sore should . . . be wiped . . . only by dabbing it over with fine lint. --S. Sharp. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To strike by a thrust; to hit with a sudden blow or thrust. "To dab him in the neck." --Sir T. More. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Dab'
From: GCIDE
- Dab \Dab\, n.
- 1. A gentle blow with the hand or some soft substance; a sudden blow or hit; a peck. [1913 Webster]
- A scratch of her claw, a dab of her beak. --Hawthorne. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A small mass of anything soft or moist. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Dab'
From: GCIDE
- Dab \Dab\ (d[a^]b), n. [Perh. corrupted fr. adept.] A skillful hand; a dabster; an expert. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster] Dab
Definition of 'Dab'
From: GCIDE
- Dab \Dab\, n. [Perh. so named from its quickness in diving beneath the sand. Cf. Dabchick.] (Zool.) A name given to several species of flounders, esp. to the European species, Pleuronectes limanda. The American rough dab is Hippoglossoides platessoides. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'dab'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ace,
- adept,
- apply paint,
- atom,
- authority,
- beak,
- bedaub,
- bedizen,
- begild,
- besmear,
- bit,
- bloodstain,
- blot,
- blotch,
- blur,
- brand,
- brush,
- brush on paint,
- bunt,
- butter,
- calcimine,
- chuck,
- coat,
- color,
- complexion,
- cover,
- dabster,
- dash,
- daub,
- deep-dye,
- dip,
- distemper,
- dole,
- dollop,
- dot,
- double-dye,
- drag,
- dram,
- dress,
- dribble,
- driblet,
- drop,
- dub,
- dwarf,
- dye,
- emblazon,
- enamel,
- engild,
- equalize,
- even,
- eyesore,
- face,
- farthing,
- fast-dye,
- fillip,
- flatten,
- fleck,
- flick,
- flip,
- flirt,
- flyspeck,
- fragment,
- fresco,
- gild,
- glaze,
- gloss,
- gobbet,
- grade,
- grain,
- granule,
- graze,
- grease,
- groat,
- hair,
- handful,
- harrow,
- hint,
- hue,
- illuminate,
- imbue,
- ingrain,
- iota,
- japan,
- jot,
- lacquer,
- lay,
- lay on,
- lay on color,
- level,
- little,
- little bit,
- lubricate,
- macula,
- maculation,
- macule,
- mark,
- master,
- minim,
- minimum,
- minutiae,
- mite,
- modicum,
- molecule,
- mote,
- mow,
- nutshell,
- oil,
- ounce,
- paint,
- parget,
- particle,
- pat,
- patch,
- pebble,
- peck,
- pick,
- pigment,
- pinch,
- pittance,
- plane,
- planish,
- plaster,
- point,
- poke,
- prime,
- professional,
- proficient,
- rap,
- scruple,
- shade,
- shadow,
- shave,
- shellac,
- slap on,
- slather,
- slop on paint,
- smarm,
- smear,
- smear on,
- smidgen,
- smidgin,
- smirch,
- smitch,
- smooth,
- smooth down,
- smooth out,
- smouch,
- smudge,
- smut,
- smutch,
- snap,
- spatter,
- speck,
- speckle,
- splash,
- splatter,
- splotch,
- spoonful,
- spot,
- spread on,
- spread with,
- stain,
- stigma,
- stipple,
- suggestion,
- taint,
- tamp,
- tap,
- tar,
- tarnish,
- thimbleful,
- tickle,
- tinct,
- tincture,
- tinge,
- tint,
- tiny bit,
- tip,
- tittle,
- tone,
- touch,
- trace,
- trifling amount,
- trivia,
- undercoat,
- varnish,
- wash,
- whisk,
- whit,
- whitewash,
- whiz,
- wizard
Acronyms for 'dab'
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