Dab \Dab\, n. [Perh. so named from its quickness in diving beneath the sand. Cf. {Dabchick}.] (Zo["o]l.) A name given to several species of flounders, esp. to the European species, {Pleuronectes limanda}. The American rough dab is {Hippoglossoides platessoides}.
Dab \Dab\ (d[a^]b), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Dabbed} (d[a^]bd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Dabbing}.] [OE. dabben to strice; akin to OD. dabben to pinch, knead, fumble, dabble, and perh. to G. tappen to grope.] 1. To strike or touch gently, as with a soft or moist substance; to tap; hence, to besmear with a dabber.
A sore should . . . be wiped . . . only by dabbing it over with fine lint. --S. Sharp.
2. To strike by a thrust; to hit with a sudden blow or thrust. ``To dab him in the neck.'' --Sir T. More.
Dab \Dab\, n. 1. A gentle blow with the hand or some soft substance; a sudden blow or hit; a peck.
A scratch of her claw, a dab of her beak. --Hawthorne.
2. A small mass of anything soft or moist.
Dab \Dab\ (d[a^]b), n. [Perh. corrupted fr. adept.] A skillful hand; a dabster; an expert. [Colloq.]
One excels at a plan or the titlepage, another works away at the body of the book, and the third is a dab at an index. --Goldsmith.
This time, "we happen to lie smack dab where you want to be to see the whole darn thing, and it will be a spectacular sight." The East Coast will have the best view of the eclipse, which is expected to turn the moon orange or blood-red at its peak.
For a company which dwells on the long-term nature of its investments, RTZ has proved a dab hand at some Hanson-style asset-shuffling following last month's acquisition of Nerco.
To make the most of such ads, companies want to run them smack dab in the middle of programs the entertainers star in, or at least as close as possible to the shows.
Two days of tracking the spacecraft showed that a difficult course correction Monday had put Voyager "smack dab in the middle" of the path navigators wanted it to follow, said Norman Haynes, Voyager project manager.
A recent advertising campaign depicts the emperor Caesar under the slogan: 'Punctuality is the courtesy of Kings.' Mogens Lykketoft, Denmark's Social Democratic finance minister, is proving a dab hand at creative accounting.
A sunbather using a sunscreen lotion can dab the lotion on the patch to see how well the lotion is blocking the burning rays.
Just as I'm about to dig into a salad at the restaurant of a five-star hotel, I notice a tiny speck marching around a dab of yogurt-dill dressing.
"Floridians will get one of the clearest views because it will be smack dab over our heads just before sunrise," Cooke said.
It's the scented magazine ads I dab on before going out.