dab
Definition of dab:
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part of speech: noun
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part of speech: verb
To strike gently with something soft or moist:- pr. p. dabbing; pa. p. dabbed.
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part of speech: verb
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part of speech: noun
A gentle blow; a small lump of anything soft and moist; something moist thrown on a person; a small fish.
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part of speech: noun
A gentle blow: a small lump of anything soft or moist: a small flat fish like a flounder, but with a rough back.
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Common misspellings:
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- dap (50.0%)
- damb (50.0%)
Usage examples for dab:
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They even try Lady Katherine, I can see, when the two eldest, who come in while we are at breakfast each day, take the jam- spoon, or something equally horrid, and dab it all over the cloth.
"Red Hair" – Elinor Glyn -
She suddenly seemed to realize that she was crying, and took a handkerchief out of her sleeve to dab at her eyes and face.
"Anything You Can Do" – Gordon Randall Garrett -
Make a dab here and there, if you happen to know of any rocks and shoals.
"The Monikins" – J. Fenimore Cooper -
Bending over, about to smear a dab of plastic on a tiny pitted mark, he suddenly felt himself gripped and pulled.
"The Secret of the Ninth Planet" – Donald Allen Wollheim
