dab
/dæb/ verb C1- 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.
- To apply a substance in this way. · The nurse will dab some ointment on that gash.
- 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
- To apply hash oil to a heated surface for the purpose of efficient combustion.
- To perform the dab dance move; to move both arms, parallel with one's head, to either side of the body.
- Synonym of daub (to mark a bingo card)
He/she/it dabs · Past dabbed · Past participle dabbed · -ing form dabbing
Verb forms
- Base form
- dab
- He/she/it
- dabs
- Past
- dabbed
- Past participle
- dabbed
- -ing form
- dabbing
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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Holmes walked across to the desk and dabbed a little ink from each bottle on to the blotting paper.
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