dab

IPA: dˈæb

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.
A small amount, a blob of some soft or wet substance.
(slang) A small amount of hash oil.
(chiefly in the plural, dated, Britain) 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.
(obsolete) A dabbler.
One skilful or proficient; an expert; an adept.
A small flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae, especially Limanda limanda; a flounder.
(US) A sand dab, a small flatfish of genus Citharichthys.
Initialism of digital audio broadcasting.
(Hong Kong politics) Initialism of Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong (a pro-Beijing political party in the HKSAR)

(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.

Examples of "dab" in Sentences

It was Fox news that said the "dab" between this couple was a terrorist tap
But from about the seventeenth century until the 1930s, we were called dab hands.
Note 53: I translate as "dab" the Shangaan verb kutota, which means to anoint, as with oil.
"I like to keep active, and was chopping wood, general fetching and carrying," said Wood, known as a dab hand at DIY.
Other arctic flatfish include the long rough dab, which is an abundant bottom-dweller in some parts of the Arctic seas, including the Barents Sea
Other arctic flatfish include the long rough dab, which is an abundant bottom-dweller in some parts of the Arctic seas, including the Barents Sea [100].
Goeing up that same river we meet 2 french that weare fishing a kind of fish called dab, which is excellent, & have done us great kindnesse, having left no more provision then what we needed much.
(There is also S. 1033 "For a Safe and Secure America" blogged here March 28 under the title "Senate Bill 1033, Secure America and Orderly Immigration Act" and an earlier blog entry on this same bill, March 26, "Immigration Conflagration") But here is a dab from the sponsoring Congressman's website:
He could light a fire in a minute under the most unfavorable conditions and with the most unpromising material, made the best coffee to be tasted outside of a creole kitchen, was a "dab" at camp stews and roasts, groomed my horses (one of which he rode near me), washed my linen, and was never behind time.