dab

1. To press lightly in a repetitive motion with a soft object without rubbing. (transitive) · I dabbed my face with a towel.· Dab the tears from your eyes.
2. To apply a substance in this way. (transitive) · 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
4. To apply hash oil to a heated surface for the purpose of efficient combustion. (slang)
5. To perform the dab dance move; to move both arms, parallel with one's head, to either side of the body. (intransitive)
6. Synonym of daub (to mark a bingo card)

He/she/it dabs · الماضي dabbed · التصريف الثالث (اسم المفعول) dabbed · صيغة -ing dabbing