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

1. noun. A skillful hand; a dabster; an expert.
2. noun. A name given to several species of flounders, esp. to the European species, Pleuronectes limanda. The American rough dab is Hippoglossoides platessoides.
3. intransitive verb. To strike or touch gently, as with a soft or moist substance; to tap; hence, to besmear with a dabber.
4. intransitive verb. To strike by a thrust; to hit with a sudden blow or thrust.
5. noun. A gentle blow with the hand or some soft substance; a sudden blow or hit; a peck.
6. noun. A small mass of anything soft or moist.
7. noun. a light touch or stroke

   Synonyms: pat, tap

8. noun. a small quantity of something moist or liquid

   "a dab of paint"

   "a splatter of mud"

   Synonyms: splash, splatter

9. verb. hit lightly

   "pat him on the shoulder"

   Synonyms: pat

10. verb. apply (usually a liquid) to a surface

    "dab the wall with paint"

    Synonyms: swab, swob

Synonyms

pat, tap, splash, splatter, swab, swob

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in dab:

abd, bad, dba

Common word forms

dabs, dabbed, dabber, dabbing

Words from these letters

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