dab

IPA: dˈæb

noun

  • 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)

verb

  • (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.

adjective

  • (obsolete, costermongers) Bad.

adverb

  • With a dab, or sudden contact.
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Examples of "dab" in Sentences

  • Thanks for doing the dab and the stub.
  • A link to the caisson lock can go on the dab page too.
  • I also restored the dab link at the top of the article.
  • Dabs of unmixed paint are used to portray the effects of light.
  • It is clear to me that the link belongs on the Chimera dab page.
  • Imelza is the mother of the three kittens Jupiter, Dab and Leech.
  • I believe leaving the Snug Harbor as a dab page is the right idea.
  • In the process of cleaning up the dab page I alphabetized the links.
  • Precisely the same applies to the dab pages for leukemia and lymphoma.
  • Salve is useful as a dab in the least, no point in deleting it, methinks.

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