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dab

noun

1 dab

A light touch or stroke.

synonyms: pat, tap.

Roget 32: smallness etc. adj.; littleness etc. (small size) 193; tenuity; paucity; fewness etc. (small number) 103; meanness, ... show more

Roget 700: proficient, expert, adept, dab; dabster, crackerjack; connoisseur etc. (scholar) 492; master, master hand; prima donna [Sp.], first fiddle, ... show more

Roget 276: impulse, impulsion, impetus; momentum; push, pulsion, thrust, shove, jog, jolt, brunt, booming, boost [U.S.], throw; ... show more

Roget 273: ship, vessel, sail; craft, bottom.    navy, marine, fleet, flotilla; shipping.    man of war etc. (combatant) 726; ... show more

Dutch: mep, pats, pets, tik, tikje
Polish: klepnięcie

2 dab

A small quantity of something moist or liquid:
— A dab of paint.

synonyms: splash, splatter.

Dutch: lik, spat, spet, spetter

verb

1 dab

Apply (usually a liquid) to a surface:
— Dab the wall with paint.

synonyms: swab, swob.

Roget 223: cover; superpose, superimpose; overlay, overspread; wrap etc. 225; encase, incase; face, case, veneer, ... show more

2 dab

Hit lightly.

synonym: pat.

Roget 276: give an impetus etc. n.; impel, push; start, give a start to, set going; drive, urge, boom; thrust, prod, ... show more


Moby thesaurus: ace, adept, apply paint, atom, authority, beak, bedaub, bedizen, begild, besmear, bit, bloodstain, blot, blotch, blur, brand, brush, brush on paint, bunt, butter ... show more.

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