Dab : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Dab	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for Dab
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dab n a light touch or stroke Synonym(s): tap, pat, dab a small quantity of something moist or liquid; "a dab of paint"; "a splatter of mud"; "just a splash of whiskey" Synonym(s): dab, splash, splatter v apply (usually a liquid) to a surface; "dab the wall with paint" Synonym(s): dab, swab, swob hit lightly; "pat him on the shoulder" Synonym(s): dab, pat
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dab \Dab\ (d[acr]b), n. [Perh. corrupted fr. adept.] A skillful hand; a dabster; an expert. [Colloq.] 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dab \Dab\, n. [Perh. so named from its quickness in diving beneath the sand. Cf. {Dabchick}.] (Zo[94]l.) A name given to several species of flounders, esp. to the European species, {Pleuronectes limanda}. The American rough dab is {Hippoglossoides platessoides}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dab \Dab\ (d[acr]b), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Dabbed} (d[acr]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. A sore should . . . be wiped . . . only by dabbing it over with fine lint. --S. Sharp. 2. To strike by a thrust; to hit with a sudden blow or thrust. [bd]To dab him in the neck.[b8] --Sir T. More.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dab \Dab\, n. 1. A gentle blow with the hand or some soft substance; a sudden blow or hit; a peck. A scratch of her claw, a dab of her beak. --Hawthorne. 2. A small mass of anything soft or moist.