dab

Значение (Английский)

1. To press lightly in a repetitive motion with a soft object without rubbing.
2. To apply a substance in this way.
3. To strike by a thrust; to hit with a sudden blow or thrust.
4. (slang) To apply hash oil to a heated surface for the purpose of efficient combustion.
5. To perform the dab dance move, by moving both arms to one side of the body parallel with your head.
6. Synonym of daub (to mark a bingo card)

pat

thrust

light touch

wipe dry

apply lightly

press gently

Georges bank flounder

New Zealand sand flounder

carrelet

brush on

blackback

plie rouge

rough flounder

Частота

Произносится как (IPA)

/dæb/

From Middle English dabben (“to strike”), probably of North Germanic origin, related to Old Icelandic dabba (“to tap, slap”), perhaps ultimately imitative. Compare also with Middle Dutch dabben (“to pinch, knead, fumble, dabble”) (Dutch dabben (“(of a horse) to stamp with the forelegs”)), Dutch deppen (“to dab”), possibly German tappen (“to fumble, grope”). The noun is from Middle English dabbe (“a strike, blow”), from the verb. Related to tap. Compare also drub, dub. African-American sense of “playful box” perhaps influenced by dap (“fistbump”).