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6 definitions found 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Dab \Dab\ (d[a^]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["o]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[a^]b), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Dabbed} (d[a^]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. ``To dab him in the neck.'' --Sir T. More From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: dab n 1: a light touch or stroke [syn: {tap}, {pat}] 2: a small quantity of something moist or soft; "a dab of paint"; "a splatter of mud" [syn: {splash}, {splatter}] v 1: apply (usually a liquid) to a surface [syn: {swab}, {swob}] 2: hit lightly [syn: {pat}] From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms 13 March 2001 [vera]: DAB Digital Audio Broadcasting
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