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dab

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1. dab - Noun

2. dab - Adjective

3. dab - Verb

4. dab - Adverb

5. Dab - Proper noun

Meaning

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 dictionary

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One 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

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