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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Dabs (0.00998 detik)
Found 3 items, similar to Dabs.
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.
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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.
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A sore should . . . be wiped . . . only by dabbing
it over with fine lint. --S. Sharp.
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2. To strike by a thrust; to hit with a sudden blow or
thrust.
“To dab him in the neck.” --Sir T. More.
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Dab
\Dab\, n.
1. A gentle blow with the hand or some soft substance; a
sudden blow or hit; a peck.
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A scratch of her claw, a dab of her beak.
--Hawthorne.
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2. A small mass of anything soft or moist.
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Dab
\Dab\ (d[a^]b), n. [Perh. corrupted fr. adept.]
A skillful hand; a dabster; an expert. [Colloq.]
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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.
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