1. dab - Noun
2. dab - Adjective
3. dab - Verb
4. dab - Adverb
5. Dab - Proper noun
A skillful hand; a dabster; an expert.
A name given to several species of flounders, esp. to the European species, Pleuronectes limanda. The American rough dab is Hippoglossoides platessoides.
To strike or touch gently, as with a soft or moist substance; to tap; hence, to besmear with a dabber.
A gentle blow with the hand or some soft substance; a sudden blow or hit; a peck.
A small mass of anything soft or moist.
Source: Webster's dictionaryOne writer, for instance, excels at a plan or a title page, another works away at the body of the book, and a third is a dab at an index. Oliver Goldsmith
Almost anything is edible with a dab of French mustard on it. Nigel Slater
Though intelligence is powerless to modify character, it is a dab hand at finding euphemisms for its weaknesses. Quentin Crisp
And I usually use myself as a model, posing in front of a mirror as I dab the strokes on the canvas. Cleo Moore
You cannot paint the Mona Lisa by assigning one dab each to a thousand painters. William F. Buckley
a dab of paint Source: Internet