to dab

Definition of to dab in English English dictionary: Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong (a pro-Beijing political party in the HKSAR); A soft tap or blow; a blow or peck from a bird's beak; an aimed blow; dial. a box, a slap; With a dab, or sudden contact; A small amount, a blob of some soft or wet substance; One skilful or proficient, an expert, an adept; To press lightly in a repetitive motion with a soft object without rubbing
I dabbed my face with a towel.; to apply a substance in this way
He dabbed moisturizing liquid on his face.; A small flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae, especially Limanda limanda； flounder; fingerprint; {n} a gentle blow, flat fish, artist; {v} t. to strike or hit gently, to moisten; A dab is a small flat fish with rough scales. Any of various flatfishes, chiefly of the genera Limanda and Hippoglossoides, related to and resembling the flounders. A dab hand; A dab of something is a small amount of it that is put onto a surface. a dab of glue; DAB is the transmission of digital stereo over conventional radio channels. DAB is an abbreviation for `digital audio broadcasting'. DAB is the radio system of the 21st Century; If you dab something, you touch it several times using quick, light movements. If you dab a substance onto a surface, you put it there using quick, light movements. She arrived weeping, dabbing her eyes with a tissue She dabbed iodine on the cuts on her forehead He dabbed at his lips with the napkin; {f} touch lightly; spread lightly; apply small amounts; A skillful hand; a dabster; an expert; Depth-Adjustable Back DBL - Double DET - Detachable DL - Desk-Length DRV - Drive; To place one's foot down for stability through a difficult course The goal is not to dab, but instead to clean the section; Digital Audio Broadcast; a digital radio system co-ordinated by the World DAB Forum; Digital Audio Broadcasting, also known as digital radio; apply (usually a liquid) to a surface; "dab the wall with paint"; Defense Acquisition Board; hit lightly; "pat him on the shoulder"; Digital Audio Broadcasting; (Digital Audio Broadcasting) - Coming to a (currently expensive) radio near you now, DAB provides interference-free CD-quality sound, plus extra digital information to supplement radio programmes; Digital Audio Broadcast Proposed Standard for a traffic saving Internet-radio; (or D-A-B) Dial-a-bus: see "demand responsive "; To strike or touch gently, as with a soft or moist substance; to tap; hence, to besmear with a dabber; Deutsches Arzneimittelbuch, German equivalent of USP (United States Pharmacopoeia); To surface a stone with a pointed tool; A gentle blow with the hand or some soft substance; a sudden blow or hit; a peck; to the European species, Pleuronectes limanda; A soft tap or blow; a blow or peck from a birds beak; an aimed blow; dial. a box, a slap; A small flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae, especially Limanda limanda; apply (usually a liquid) to a surface; "dab the wall with paint; Driver Air Bag module: airbag and firing system mounted in the steering wheel center; {i} pat, tap; little bit, drop; expert (Slang); type of fish; Design Advisory Board; a light touch or stroke; The American rough dab is Hippoglossoides platessoides; To strike by a thrust; to hit with a sudden blow or thrust; To press lightly with a soft object without rubbing; to apply a substance in this way; Clever, skilled, as "a dab-hand at it"; a corrupt contraction of the Latin adeptus (an adept) "Dabster" is another form Apt is a related word "An Eton stripling, training for the law A dunce at learning, but a dab at taw (marbles) " Anon: Logic; or, The Biter Bit " Dab, Din etc "Hab Dab and David Din Ding the deil o'er Dabson's Linn " "Hab Dab" means Halbert Dobson;"David Din" means David Dun; and"Dabson's Linn," or Dob's Linn, is a waterfall near the head of Moffat Water Dobson and Dun were two Cameronians who lived for security in a cave in the ravine Here, as they said, they saw the devil in the form of a pack of dried hides, and after fighting the "foul fiend" for some time, they dinged him into the waterfall; a small quantity of something moist or soft; "a dab of paint"; "a splatter of mud" hit lightly; "pat him on the shoulder" apply (usually a liquid) to a surface; "dab the wall with paint; [From Hindi /dab/, with initial /d-/ in Russian, Arabic, German and Dutch ] pressing, pressure -- the act of pressing; digital audio broadcasting from land based transmitters to your radio set; v To put a foot down in order to catch your balance on a difficult section of trail "I made it without crashing, but I had to dab once "; to put your foot down while riding so you don't fall over; Digital Audio Broadcast; a small quantity of something moist or soft; "a dab of paint"; "a splatter of mud"; A small mass of anything soft or moist; A name given to several species of flounders, esp