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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