transcription, транскрипция: [ dæb ]
( 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.
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