dabverb詞源 1/dæb/

• 1

  To press lightly in a repetitive motion with a soft object without rubbing.

  • I dabbed my face with a towel.
  • Dab the tears from your eyes.
• 2

  To apply a substance in this way.

  • The nurse will dab some ointment on that gash.
• 3

  To strike by a thrust; to hit with a sudden blow or thrust.

  • 1532-1533, Thomas More, The Confutation of Tyndale's Answer to dabbe him in the necke
  • Breach hit a line, Zoe Harrison dabbed a kick in behind and Abby Dow chased like fury.
• 4

  slangTo apply hash oil to a heated surface for the purpose of efficient combustion.

• 5

  dancedancinghobbiesTo perform the dab dance move; to move both arms, parallel with one's head, to either side of the body.

  • Look, my bruddas don't dab, we just vossi bop
• 6

  bingogamesSynonym of daub (to mark a bingo card)

dabnoun詞源 1/dæb/

• 1

  A soft tap or blow; a blow or peck from a bird's beak; an aimed blow.

  • I promise you nothing,' said the dolls' dressmaker, dabbing two dabs at him with her needle, as if she put out both his eyes.
  • “It was the most absurd kiss. I don't believe he'd ever kissed a woman in his life before. I threw my head back, and it was a sort of slidy, pecking dab, just on the end of the chin — here.” Mrs. Hauksbee tapped her masculine little chin with her fan.
• 2

  A soft, playful box given in greeting or approval.

  • She gave a few more dabs to his buttocks. “There. By the time you've made love to me those weals will have dried up.”
  • The men gave each other dabs and another bear hug.
• 3

  A small amount, a blob of some soft or wet substance.

  • a dab of glue
• 4

  slangA small amount, a blob of some soft or wet substance.

• 5

  datedFingerprint.

  • One had Glash's dabs on it and a half-inch of Macallan at the bottom.
• 6

  dancedancinghobbiesA 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.

• 7

  obsoleteA dabbler.

dabadv詞源 1/dæb/

• 1

  With a dab, or sudden contact.

dabnoun詞源 2/dæb/

• 1

  One who is skilful or proficient; an expert; an adept.

  • for little Urchin as he is, he‘s ſuch a Dab at his Bow and Arrows‘ that ne‘re a Finsbury Archer of ‘em all can pretend to come near him.
  • Dab, c. expert exquiſite in Roguery a Rumdab, c. a very Dextrous fellow at fileing , thieving, Cheating, Sharping, sc. Heii a Dab at it, He is well vers'd in it.

dabnoun詞源 3/dæb/

• 1

  A small flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae, especially Limanda limanda; a flounder.

• 2

  A sand dab, a small flatfish of genus Citharichthys.

dabadj詞源 4/dæb/

• 1

  obsoleteBad.

  • Business topics are discussed in a most peculiar style. One man takes the pipe from his mouth and says, "Bill made a doogheno hit this morning." "Jem," says another, to a man just entering, "you'll stand a top o' reeb?" "On," answers Jem, "I've had a trosseno tol, and have been doing dab."
  • One afternoon, arriving at his stall later than usual, I said, almost unknowingly, 'A doogheno or a dabheno?' Jo, who had often chaffed me for my awkward mimicking of coster language, didn't even look up from peeling his apple. 'Dab,' he said, with a little shake of his head.

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