Found 3 items, similar to Dab.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: dab colek, ketokan, mengoles
English → English (WordNet) Definition: dab dab v 1: apply (usually a liquid) to a surface; “dab the wall with paint” [syn: swab, swob] 2: hit lightly; “pat him on the shoulder” [syn: pat] [also: dabbing, dabbed] dab n 1: a light touch or stroke [syn: tap, pat] 2: a small quantity of something moist or soft; “a dab of paint”; “a splatter of mud” [syn: splash, splatter] [also: dabbing, dabbed]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Dab Dab \Dab\, n. [Perh. so named from its quickness in diving beneath the sand. Cf. Dabchick.] (Zo["o]l.) A name given to several species of flounders, esp. to the European species, Pleuronectes limanda. The American rough dab is Hippoglossoides platessoides. [1913 Webster] Dab \Dab\ (d[a^]b), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Dabbed (d[a^]bd); p. pr. & vb. n. Dabbing.] [OE. dabben to strice; akin to OD. dabben to pinch, knead, fumble, dabble, and perh. to G. tappen to grope.] 1. To strike or touch gently, as with a soft or moist substance; to tap; hence, to besmear with a dabber. [1913 Webster] A sore should . . . be wiped . . . only by dabbing it over with fine lint. --S. Sharp. [1913 Webster] 2. To strike by a thrust; to hit with a sudden blow or thrust. “To dab him in the neck.” --Sir T. More. [1913 Webster] Dab \Dab\, n. 1. A gentle blow with the hand or some soft substance; a sudden blow or hit; a peck. [1913 Webster] A scratch of her claw, a dab of her beak. --Hawthorne. [1913 Webster] 2. A small mass of anything soft or moist. [1913 Webster] Dab \Dab\ (d[a^]b), n. [Perh. corrupted fr. adept.] A skillful hand; a dabster; an expert. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] One excels at a plan or the titlepage, another works away at the body of the book, and the third is a dab at an index. --Goldsmith. [1913 Webster]