The meaning of Dabs
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Dabs – definition
verbPress against (something) lightly several times with a piece of absorbent material in order to clean or dry it or to apply a substance.
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He dabbed his mouth with his napkinverbStrike with a light blow.
nounA small amount of something.
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She licked a dab of chocolate from her fingernounFingerprints.
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The catalogue is being dusted for your dabsnounA dance move or gesture, originating in hip hop and often performed as part of a celebration, in which one arm is bent at an angle across the upper chest while the other is fully extended parallel to the first arm, with the face turned towards the bent elbow.
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His signature dab
nounA small, commercially important flatfish found chiefly in the north atlantic.
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Even though this rig is especially good for gurnards, it also proves superbly successful for dabs, …
verbPerform a dance move or gesture in which one arm is bent at an angle across the chest while the other is fully extended parallel to the first arm, with the face turned towards the bent elbow.
Usage examples:
The player who dabs after touchdowns
abbreviationDigital audio broadcasting.
verbTo touch something lightly and quickly, usually repeatedly
Usage examples:
[ i ] he dabbed at his eyes with a tissue., [ t ] she dabbed a little perfume on her wrists., a dab…
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Word origin
early 21st century: possibly related to dab1 (sense 1 of the noun) in the sense ‘a small portion of cannabis oil or resin’.
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