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dab
Part of speech: VerbTo strike or touch lightly; to smear; as, to dab paint on a canvas.
Part of speech: NounA small soft lump; a gentle blow; a quick, sharp stroke; the flounder, a salt water fish.
Part of speech: Past tenseDabbed.
Part of speech: Past participleDabbing.
Usage examples "dab":- My father wet the brush in the pool, squeezed on a dab of tooth paste, and scrubbed very hard in one tiny spot. - "My Father's Dragon", Ruth Stiles Gannett.
- Dab Kinzer will be voted a good fellow, whether at home, at school, or out fishing." - "Winter Fun", William O. Stoddard.
- A longish building of " wattle and dab," much like the northern farmhouses, a high roof, and chimneys resembling those of the " oast houses" in Kent, combine with the rural surroundings to suggest " farm buildings" rather than the " funeral pyre," and all that is horrible is left to the imagination. - "Unbeaten-Tracks-in-Japan", Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy).