dab
verb
[ dab ]
• press against (something) lightly several times with a piece of absorbent material in order to clean or dry it or to apply a substance.
• "he dabbed his mouth with his napkin"
Similar:
pat,
press,
touch,
blot,
mop,
swab,
smudge,
spread,
daub,
bedaub,
apply,
wipe,
stroke,
stipple,
• strike with a light blow.
dab
noun
• a small amount of something.
• "she licked a dab of chocolate from her finger"
Similar:
drop,
dash,
spot,
smear,
dribble,
trickle,
splash,
sprinkle,
speck,
taste,
lick,
trace,
touch,
hint,
suggestion,
soupçon,
particle,
bit,
modicum,
little,
smidgen,
tad,
• fingerprints.
• "the catalogue is being dusted for your dabs"
Origin:
Middle English: symbolic of a light striking movement; compare with dabble and dib.
dab
noun
• a small, commercially important flatfish found chiefly in the North Atlantic.
Origin:
late Middle English: of unknown origin.
dab
noun
• a dance move or gesture, originating in hip hop and often performed as part of a celebration, in which one arm is bent at an angle across the upper chest while the other is fully extended parallel to the first arm, with the face turned towards the bent elbow.
• "his signature dab"
dab
verb
• perform a dance move or gesture in which one arm is bent at an angle across the chest while the other is fully extended parallel to the first arm, with the face turned towards the bent elbow.
• "the player who dabs after touchdowns"
Origin:
early 21st century: possibly related to dab1 (sense 1 of the noun) in the sense ‘a small portion of cannabis oil or resin’.
DAB
abbreviation
• digital audio broadcasting.
