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Definition of dab:
- A gentle blow with the hand or some soft substance; a sudden blow or hit; a peck.
- A name given to several species of flounders, esp. to the European species, Pleuronectes limanda. The American rough dab is Hippoglossoides platessoides.
- A skillful hand; a dabster; an expert.
- A small mass of anything soft or moist.
- To strike gently with the fingers or hand; to stroke lightly; to tap; as, to pat a dog.
- To strike or touch gently, as with a soft or moist substance; to tap; hence, to besmear with a dabber.
Synonyms:
clock radio, bedaub, plaster, stir, a little, smother, swab, aerial, pat, cue card, sputtering, recover, splashing, detoxification, spattering, smudge, shine, barracuda, CRT, strike, camera, bloater, rub out, communications satellite, hint, bury, polish, tap, rinse, plash, bream, smirch, buff, splatter, coat, cod, crown, sweep, scrub, daub, taster, splutter, insulate, splash, brill, bass, rap, piece, spigot, wipe, cover, a bit, blanket, treatment, dollop, water faucet, water tap, spatter, put on, besmear, anchovy, purification, smear, sputter, brush, coelacanth, fragment, chuck, finish, fraction, scour, hydrant, splattering, antenna, wiretap, wrap, swob, top, sample, rub, dogfish, cathode ray tube, decoder.
Usage examples:
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It was the season of apple- sauce with cinnamon, and baked apples with a dab of jelly where the core ought to be, and apple- tapioca and Brown Betty.
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He rose and walked out of the kitchen, and as Dally saw him from the window on his way round to the front, she gave her stocking- covered fist a dab down on the table and uttered an angry " Ugh!"
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This genius cooked the midday meals and the dinners; but, because no Frenchman can understand why any one should require for breakfast anything more solid than a dry roll and a dab of honey, the preparation of the morning meal was intrusted to a Southern black boy, who, I may say, was a regular skillet hound.