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.
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            A sore should . . . be wiped . . . only by dabbing
            it over with fine lint.               --S. Sharp.
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   2. To strike by a thrust; to hit with a sudden blow or
      thrust. "To dab him in the neck." --Sir T. More.
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	Dab \Dab\, n.
   1. A gentle blow with the hand or some soft substance; a
      sudden blow or hit; a peck.
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            A scratch of her claw, a dab of her beak.
                                                  --Hawthorne.
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   2. A small mass of anything soft or moist.
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	Dab \Dab\ (d[a^]b), n. [Perh. corrupted fr. adept.]
   A skillful hand; a dabster; an expert. [Colloq.]
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         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.
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	Dab \Dab\, n. [Perh. so named from its quickness in diving
   beneath the sand. Cf. Dabchick.] (Zool.)
   A name given to several species of flounders, esp. to the
   European species, Pleuronectes limanda. The American rough
   dab is Hippoglossoides platessoides.
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	dab
    n 1: a light touch or stroke [syn: tap, pat, dab]
    2: a small quantity of something moist or liquid; "a dab of
       paint"; "a splatter of mud"; "just a splash of whiskey" [syn:
       dab, splash, splatter]
    v 1: apply (usually a liquid) to a surface; "dab the wall with
         paint" [syn: dab, swab, swob]
    2: hit lightly; "pat him on the shoulder" [syn: dab, pat]

	

	192 Moby Thesaurus words for "dab":
   ace, adept, apply paint, atom, authority, beak, bedaub, bedizen,
   begild, besmear, bit, bloodstain, blot, blotch, blur, brand, brush,
   brush on paint, bunt, butter, calcimine, chuck, coat, color,
   complexion, cover, dabster, dash, daub, deep-dye, dip, distemper,
   dole, dollop, dot, double-dye, drag, dram, dress, dribble, driblet,
   drop, dub, dwarf, dye, emblazon, enamel, engild, equalize, even,
   eyesore, face, farthing, fast-dye, fillip, flatten, fleck, flick,
   flip, flirt, flyspeck, fragment, fresco, gild, glaze, gloss,
   gobbet, grade, grain, granule, graze, grease, groat, hair, handful,
   harrow, hint, hue, illuminate, imbue, ingrain, iota, japan, jot,
   lacquer, lay, lay on, lay on color, level, little, little bit,
   lubricate, macula, maculation, macule, mark, master, minim,
   minimum, minutiae, mite, modicum, molecule, mote, mow, nutshell,
   oil, ounce, paint, parget, particle, pat, patch, pebble, peck,
   pick, pigment, pinch, pittance, plane, planish, plaster, point,
   poke, prime, professional, proficient, rap, scruple, shade, shadow,
   shave, shellac, slap on, slather, slop on paint, smarm, smear,
   smear on, smidgen, smidgin, smirch, smitch, smooth, smooth down,
   smooth out, smouch, smudge, smut, smutch, snap, spatter, speck,
   speckle, splash, splatter, splotch, spoonful, spot, spread on,
   spread with, stain, stigma, stipple, suggestion, taint, tamp, tap,
   tar, tarnish, thimbleful, tickle, tinct, tincture, tinge, tint,
   tiny bit, tip, tittle, tone, touch, trace, trifling amount, trivia,
   undercoat, varnish, wash, whisk, whit, whitewash, whiz, wizard

	

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