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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DAB, v.t.
1. To strike gently with the hand; to slap; to box.
2. To strike gently with some soft or moist substance; as, to dab a sore with lint.
DAB, n.
1. A gentle blow with the hand.
2. A small lump or mass of any thing soft or moist.
3. Something moist or slimy thrown on one.
4. In law language, an expert man.[See Dabster.]
5. A small flat fish, of the genus Pleuronectes, of a dark brown color.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a light touch or stroke [syn: tap, pat, dab]
2: a small quantity of something moist or liquid; "a dab of paint"; "a splatter of mud"; "just a splash of whiskey" [syn: dab, splash, splatter] v
1: apply (usually a liquid) to a surface; "dab the wall with paint" [syn: dab, swab, swob]
2: hit lightly; "pat him on the shoulder" [syn: dab, pat]

Merriam Webster's

abbreviation Dictionary of American Biography

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English dabbe Date: 14th century 1. a sudden blow or thrust ; poke 2. a small amount 3. a gentle touch or stroke ; pat 4. daub II. verb (dabbed; dabbing) Date: 1562 transitive verb 1. to strike or touch lightly ; pat <dabbing her eyes with a handkerchief> 2. to apply lightly or irregularly ; daub <dab paint> intransitive verb to make a dab • dabber noun III. noun Etymology: Anglo-French dabbe Date: 15th century flatfish; especially any of several flounders (genus Limanda, especially L. limanda) — compare sand dab IV. noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1691 chiefly British a skillful person

Oxford Reference Dictionary

1. v. & n. --v. (dabbed, dabbing) 1 tr. press (a surface) briefly with a cloth, sponge, etc., without rubbing, esp. in cleaning or to apply a substance. 2 tr. press (a sponge etc.) lightly on a surface. 3 tr. (foll. by on) apply (a substance) by dabbing a surface. 4 intr. (usu. foll. by at) aim a feeble blow; tap. 5 tr. strike lightly; tap. --n. 1 a brief application of a cloth, sponge, etc., to a surface without rubbing. 2 a small amount of something applied in this way (a dab of paint). 3 a light blow or tap. 4 (in pl.) Brit. sl. fingerprints. Derivatives: dabber n. Etymology: ME, imit. 2. n. any flat-fish of the genus Limanda. Etymology: 15th c.: orig. unkn. 3. adj. esp. Brit. colloq. Phrases and idioms: dab hand (usu. foll. by at) a person especially skilled (in) (a dab hand at cooking). Etymology: 17th c.: orig. unkn.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Dab Dab, n. 1. A gentle blow with the hand or some soft substance; a sudden blow or hit; a peck. A scratch of her claw, a dab of her beak. --Hawthorne. 2. A small mass of anything soft or moist.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Dab Dab (d[a^]b), n. [Perh. corrupted fr. adept.] A skillful hand; a dabster; an expert. [Colloq.] 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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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. A sore should . . . be wiped . . . only by dabbing it over with fine lint. --S. Sharp. 2. To strike by a thrust; to hit with a sudden blow or thrust. ``To dab him in the neck.'' --Sir T. More.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(dabs, dabbing, dabbed) 1. If you dab something, you touch it several times using quick, light movements. If you dab a substance onto a surface, you put it there using quick, light movements. She arrived weeping, dabbing her eyes with a tissue... She dabbed iodine on the cuts on her forehead... He dabbed at his lips with the napkin. VERB: V n, V n prep/adv, V at n 2. A dab of something is a small amount of it that is put onto a surface. (INFORMAL) ...a dab of glue. N-COUNT: N of n 3. A dab is a small flat fish with rough scales. N-VAR

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

DAB is the transmission of digital stereo over conventional radio channels. DAB is an abbreviation for 'digital audio broadcasting'. DAB is the radio system of the 21st Century.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. v. a. 1. Strike, slap, box. 2. Pat, strike gently. II. n. 1. Blow, stroke, pat. 2. Lump, pat, lumpy mass. 3. Salt-water flounder, fluke. 4. (Colloq.) Adept, expert, proficient, masterhand, capital hand, nice hand, good hand, dabster (colloq.).

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

An adept; a dab at any feat or exercise. Dab, quoth Dawkins, when he hit his wife on the a-se with a pound of butter.

Airports

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Joint Use	N
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State Postal Code	FL
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