Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - dab
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Dab
dab
~1 n 1 a small amount of something that you put onto a surface with your hand, a cloth etc + of (Add a dab of butter and some parsley.) 2 a light touch with your hand, a cloth etc (She wiped her tears away with a dab of her handkerchief.) 3 a small flat fish 4 dabs BrE old-fashioned your fingerprints ~2 v dabbed, dabbing 1 to touch something lightly, usually several times + a (He dabbed at his bleeding lip.) 2 to put a substance onto something with quick, light movements of your hand (dab sth on/onto etc) (She hastily dabbed some cream on her face.)
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(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 DAB 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. ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English ~be 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 (~bed; ~bing) Date: 1562 transitive verb 1. to strike or touch lightly ; pat ~bing her eyes with a handkerchief 2. to apply lightly or irregularly ; daub ~ paint intransitive verb to make a ~ • ~ber noun III. noun Etymology: Anglo-French ~be Date: 15th century flatfish; especially any of several flounders (genus Limanda, especially L. limanda) — compare sand ~ IV. noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1691 chiefly British a skillful person DAB abbreviation Dictionary of American Biography ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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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. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1) прикосновение, мазок наносить лёгкие мазки 2) полигр. тампон 3) полигр. передаточный валик (красочного аппарата) 4) обмазывать 5) отделывать поверхность камня; покрывать краской 6) вколачивать - dab of brake ...Англо-русский Русско-английский научно-технический словарь
Англо-русский Русско-английский экономический словарь
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1) ихт. лиманда (Limanda); ершоватка, (обыкновенная) лиманда (Limanda limanda) 2) клевок; клевать – Alaska dab – American dab – common dab – hard-swelling dab – Japanese dab – lemon dab – longhead dab – long rough dab – mottled sand dab – Pacific sand dab – polar dab – pole dab – rough dab – rusty dab – sand dab – smear dab ...Англо-русский Русско-английский биологический словарь
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1. легкий удар, тычок to give smb. a dab —- ударить кого-л. to make a dab at smb. —- наскакивать на кого-л. 2. клевок a dab of a beak —- удар клювом, клевок 3. легкое прикосновение, касание with a dab —- слегка коснувшись to give one's face a dab with a wet sponge —- промокнуть лицо влажной губкой to give oneself a dab of powder —- слегка попудрить лицо 4. мазок light dab —- легкий мазок a dab of paint —- мазок краски there was just a dab of butter on the bread —- хлеб был чуть-чуть намазан маслом 5. мягкий, сырой или грязный комок 6. капелька; немного, чуть-чуть just a dab of money —- ничтожная сумма, жалкие гроши 7. преим. pl. разг. отпечаток пальца Dabs —- "Отпечатки", дактилоскопический отдел Скотланд-Ярда 8. ударять, тыкать; стукать to dab smb. in the neck —- ткнуть кого-л. в шею to dab smb. with one's finger —- ткнуть кого-л. пальцем 9. клевать the wood-pecker dabbed at the tree-trunk —- дятел легонько долбил ствол дерева 10. целиться to dab a stick at smb. —- замахнуться на кого-л. тростью 11. слегка прикасаться; прикладывать to dab one's eyes with a handkerchief —- прикладывать к глазам платок to dab a brush against paper, to dab paper with a brush —- коснуться бумаги кистью 12. намазывать; покрывать; наносить легкие мазки to dab paint on canvas —- наносить краски на холст to dab canvas with paint —- покрывать холст легкими мазками to dab butter on the bread —-...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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off снимать легкими мазками Dab the mud off carefully, dont rub too hard or youll make it worse. DAB I 1. noun 1) легкий удар 2) прикосновение 3) мазок 4) пятно (краски) 2. v. 1) слегка прикасаться 2) тыкать; ударять (at) to dab with ones finger - тыкать пальцем 3) клевать 4) прикладывать что-л. мягкое или мокрое to dab ones forehead with a handkerchief - прикладывать ко лбу платок 5) намазывать 6) покрывать (краской, штукатуркой); делать легкие мазки (тряпкой, кистью) (on) Dont dab the paint on, brush it on smoothly. - dab off 7) tech. отмечать кернером II noun zool. ершоватка, лиманда III noun coll. знаток; мастер своего дела ...Англо-русский словарь
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U.S. gov. abbr. Departmental Appeals Board transport. abbr. Dial-A-Bus mil. abbr. Defense Acquisition Board airport code Daytona Beach, Florida USA electron. abbr. Designated Audit Body adult abbr. Dumb And Blonde adult abbr. Dank Ass Bitch adult abbr. Dumb Ass Bitch adult abbr. Dick and Balls softw. abbr. Documentum Application Builder comp. assem. abbr. Delete All But media abbr. Digital Audio Broadcast media abbr. Digital Audio Broadcasting media abbr. Dull And Boring NYSE symbols Dave & Busters, Inc. ...English abbreviation dictionary
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- 13c., "heavy blow with a weapon," from dabben "to strike," perhaps imitative. Modern sense of "strike with a slight blow" developed 16c., infl. by Fr. dauber (see daub). Dab hand is British slang, 1828, from dab "expert" (1691), of unknown origin. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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