Dictionary Entry
dab
dab is a 3-letter English word with 10 senses as noun, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A skillful hand; a dabster; an expert. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
3 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 7 · 10 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
A skillful hand; a dabster; an expert.
- 2noun
A name given to several species of flounders, esp. to the European species, Pleuronectes limanda. The American rough dab is Hippoglossoides platessoides.
- 3intransitive verb
To strike or touch gently, as with a soft or moist substance; to tap; hence, to besmear with a dabber.
- 4intransitive verb
To strike by a thrust; to hit with a sudden blow or thrust.
- 5noun
A gentle blow with the hand or some soft substance; a sudden blow or hit; a peck.
- 6noun
A small mass of anything soft or moist.
- 7noun
a light touch or stroke
- 8noun
a small quantity of something moist or liquid
"a dab of paint"
"a splatter of mud"
- 9verb
hit lightly
"pat him on the shoulder"
Synonyms
- 10verb
apply (usually a liquid) to a surface
"dab the wall with paint"
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