Dab
[dæb]
Definition
(noun.) a small quantity of something moist or liquid; 'a dab of paint'; 'a splatter of mud'; 'just a splash of whiskey'.
(verb.) hit lightly; 'pat him on the shoulder'.
(verb.) apply (usually a liquid) to a surface; 'dab the wall with paint'.
Checker: Patrice--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A skillful hand; a dabster; an expert.
(n.) A name given to several species of flounders, esp. to the European species, Pleuronectes limanda. The American rough dab is Hippoglossoides platessoides.
(v. i.) To strike or touch gently, as with a soft or moist substance; to tap; hence, to besmear with a dabber.
(v. i.) To strike by a thrust; to hit with a sudden blow or thrust.
(n.) A gentle blow with the hand or some soft substance; a sudden blow or hit; a peck.
(n.) A small mass of anything soft or moist.
Edited by Candice
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Strike, slap.
n. [1]. Blow, stroke.[2]. Adept, expert, proficient, master-hand, capital hand, nice hand, DABSTER, good hand.
Inputed by Logan
Definition
n. an expert person.—n. Dab′ster (coll.).
v.t. to strike gently with something soft or moist to smear:—pr.p. dab′bing; pa.p. dabbed.—n. a gentle blow: a small lump of anything soft or moist: a species of flounder of light-brown colour with small dark spots and rough close-set scales.—ns. Dab′ber a sort of pad for dabbing ink on engraved wood blocks or plates; Dab′chick a small water-fowl a kind of grebe.
Editor: Terence
Examples
- My friend is a regular dab at it. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- If Mrs Boffin should ever be less of a dab at Fashion than she is at the present time, then Mrs Boffin's carpet would go back'arder. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- He watched the master dab the type with ink, slide them under the platen, and having pressed it down, take out the printed page. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- There, said Solomon, making a dab at Miss Pross's lips with his own. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- He was a smooth one to talk, and was a dab at the ways of gentlefolks. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- I,' he took out his pocket-handkerchief again and dabbed his face. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Mr. Chadband, at last seeing his opportunity, makes his accustomed signal and rises with a smoking head, which he dabs with his pocket-handkerchief. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I have had Frenchwomen come, before now, and show themselves dabs at pistol-shooting. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Fanny, quite punishing her own forehead with the vehement dabs she now began to give it, fitfully went on. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- I promise you nothing,' said the dolls' dressmaker, dabbing two dabs at him with her needle, as if she put out both his eyes. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- If you loved him, Fanny--' Fanny had stopped the dabbing hand, and was looking at her fixedly. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- She then dismissed that attendant for the night, and went on to be advised; dabbing her eyes and forehead from time to time to cool them. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- I promise you nothing,' said the dolls' dressmaker, dabbing two dabs at him with her needle, as if she put out both his eyes. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
Typed by Cecil