dab

Etymology 1
From, probably of origin, related to Old 🇨🇬, perhaps ultimately. Compare also with 🇨🇬 (🇨🇬), 🇨🇬, possibly 🇨🇬.

The noun is from, from the verb. Related to. Compare also,.

African-American sense of “playful box” perhaps influenced by.

Verb

 * 1)  To press lightly in a repetitive motion with a soft object without rubbing.
 * 2)  To apply a substance in this way.
 * 3) To strike by a thrust; to hit with a sudden blow or thrust.
 * 4) * 1532-1533,, The Confutation of Tyndale's Answer
 * to dabbe him in the necke
 * 1)  To apply  to a heated surface for the purpose of efficient combustion.
 * 2)  To perform the dab dance move, by moving both arms to one side of the body parallel with your head.
 * 3)   (to mark a bingo card)
 * 1)  To perform the dab dance move, by moving both arms to one side of the body parallel with your head.
 * 2)   (to mark a bingo card)
 * 1)   (to mark a bingo card)

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Esperanto: tapeti
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Mandarin:


 * Bulgarian: ,
 * German: auftupfen
 * Mandarin:
 * Ukrainian: примо́чувати, примочи́ти


 * Dutch:
 * French:

Noun



 * 1) A soft tap or blow; a blow or peck from a bird's beak; an aimed blow.
 * 2)  A soft, playful box given in greeting or approval.
 * 3) A small amount, a blob of some soft or wet substance.
 * 4)  A small amount of.
 * 5)  Fingerprint.
 * 6)  A hip hop dance move in which the dancer simultaneously drops the head while raising an arm, briefly resting their face in the elbow, as if sneezing into their elbow.
 * 7)  A dabbler.
 * 1) A small amount, a blob of some soft or wet substance.
 * 2)  A small amount of.
 * 3)  Fingerprint.
 * 4)  A hip hop dance move in which the dancer simultaneously drops the head while raising an arm, briefly resting their face in the elbow, as if sneezing into their elbow.
 * 5)  A dabbler.
 * 1)  Fingerprint.
 * 2)  A hip hop dance move in which the dancer simultaneously drops the head while raising an arm, briefly resting their face in the elbow, as if sneezing into their elbow.
 * 3)  A dabbler.
 * 1)  A dabbler.

Derived terms

 * dab pen
 * poor dab
 * smack-dab

Translations

 * Bulgarian: потупване
 * Finnish:
 * German: Taps
 * Greek:
 * Swedish:


 * Bulgarian: мазка
 * Finnish:
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Irish: daba
 * Swedish:

Adverb

 * 1) With a dab, or sudden contact.

Etymology 2
Perhaps corrupted from.

Noun

 * 1) One skilful or proficient; an expert; an adept.
 * 2) * c. 1759-1770?,, Essay
 * One excels at a plan or the title page, another works away at the body of the book, and the third is a dab at an index.
 * 1) * 1791-92,, ‘A Collection of Letters’, Juvenilia:
 * Indeed I had always heard what a dab he was at a Love-letter.
 * Indeed I had always heard what a dab he was at a Love-letter.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Greek:
 * Mandarin:
 * Swedish:

Etymology 3
Late, of origin; perhaps related to  as in "a soft mass dabbed down."

Noun

 * 1)  A small flatfish of the family, especially ; a flounder.
 * 2)  A sand dab, a small flatfish of genus.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Faroese: áarskrubba
 * Galician:
 * Greek: λιμάνδη η κοινή
 * Irish: daba
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Norman: cat
 * Scots: sautie

Etymology 4
for.

Adjective

 * 1)  Bad.

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Noun

 * 1)  The  hip-hop dance move.

Etymology 1
From, a shortening of the word.

Noun

 * : the replacement of a voice part in a movie or cartoon, particularly with a translation; an instance of dubbing.

Etymology 2
From, from.

Noun

 * 1) dabb lizard,, , , , or.

Noun

 * 1) a kind of mat measuring approximately 2 m, made of woven pandan leaves that are connected by stitching

Etymology
From.

Verb

 * 1) to melt become liquid, especially through warmth
 * 2) to disappear
 * 3) to become emaciated
 * 4) to show tender feelings

Noun

 * 1) fire
 * 2) firearm

Verb

 * 1) to trap
 * 2) to ensnare

Etymology 1
From ; related to 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1)  neck or other narrow object

Etymology 2
From.

Noun

 * 1) (evil) spirit, considered responsible for epileptic attacks among other things
 * 2) demon
 * 3) monster

Etymology 3
From.

Noun

 * 1) a trough, a hollowed out length of log etc.

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) dash, slap
 * 2) touch, tap