English-Thai Dictionary

dab

N การ ป้าย  การ ทา บางๆ  การ ซับ  การ ดุน เบาๆ  รอย แต้ม  kan-pai

 

dab

N จำนวน เล็กน้อย  pat bit jam-nuan-nooi-mak

 

dab

N ชื่อ ของ ปลา ทะเล ตัว แบน  chue-kong-pla-tha-le-tua-baen

 

dab

VT ป้าย  ทา เบาๆ  ซับ  ดุน เบาๆ  tap pat daub pai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DAB

v.t. 1. To strike gently with the hand; to slap; to box.
2. To strike gently with some soft or moist substance; as, to dab a sore with lint.

 

DAB

n. 1. A gentle blow with the hand.
2. A small lump or mass of any thing soft or moist.
3. Something moist or slimy thrown on one.
4. In law language, an expert man. [See Dabster. ]
5. A small flat fish, of the genus Pleuronectes, of a dark brown color.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DAB

Dab, n. Etym: [Perh. corrupted fr. adept. ]

 

Defn: 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 therd is a dab at an index. Goldsmith.

 

DAB

Dab, n. Etym: [Perh. so named from its quickness in diving beneath the sand. Cf. Dabchick. ] (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: A name given to several species of Pleuronectes. TheAmerican rough dab is Hippoglossoides platessoides.

 

DAB

Dab, v. i. [imp. & p.p. Dabbed; p.pr. & vb. n. Dabbing.] Etym: [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 Dab, n.

 

1. A gentle blow with the hand or some soft substance; a sudden blow or hit; a peck. Astratch of her clame, a dab of her beack. Hawthorne.

 

2. A small mass of anything soft or moist.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

DAB

DAB ▶abbreviation digital audio broadcasting.

 

dab

dab 1 |dab dæb | ▶verb ( dabs, dabbing, dabbed ) [ with obj. ] 1 press against (something ) lightly with a piece of absorbent material in order to clean or dry it: he dabbed his mouth with his napkin | [ no obj. ] : she dabbed at her eyes with a handkerchief. • apply (a substance ) with light quick strokes: she dabbed disinfectant on the cut. 2 aim at or strike with a light blow. ▶noun a small amount of something: she licked a dab of chocolate from her finger. • a brief application of cosmetic, paint, or the like to a surface: apply concealer with light dabs. ORIGIN Middle English: symbolic of a light striking movement; compare with dabble and dib .

 

dab

dab 2 |dæb dab | ▶noun a small, commercially important flatfish that is found chiefly in the North Atlantic. [Limanda and other genera, family Pleuronectidae (several species, in particular the European L. limanda ), and genus Citharichthys, family Bothidae (see also sand dab ). ] ORIGIN late Middle English: of unknown origin.

 

Oxford Dictionary

DAB

DAB ▶abbreviation digital audio broadcasting.

 

dab

dab 1 |dab | ▶verb ( dabs, dabbing, dabbed ) [ with obj. ] 1 press against (something ) lightly several times with a piece of absorbent material in order to clean or dry it or to apply a substance: he dabbed his mouth with his napkin | [ no obj. ] : she dabbed at her eyes with a handkerchief. • apply (a substance ) with light quick strokes: she dabbed disinfectant on the cut. 2 dialect strike with a light blow. ▶noun 1 a small amount of something: she licked a dab of chocolate from her finger. • a brief application of a piece of absorbent material to a surface: apply concealer with light dabs. 2 (dabs ) Brit. informal fingerprints. ORIGIN Middle English: symbolic of a light striking movement; compare with dabble and dib .

 

dab

dab 2 |dab | ▶noun a small, commercially important flatfish found chiefly in the North Atlantic. ●Limanda and other genera, family Pleuronectidae (several species, in particular the European L. limanda ). ORIGIN late Middle English: of unknown origin.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

dab

dab verb she dabbed disinfectant on the cut: pat, press, touch, blot, mop, swab; daub, apply, wipe, stroke. ▶noun 1 a dab of glue: drop, spot, smear, splash, speck, taste, trace, touch, hint, bit; informal smidgen, tad, lick. 2 apply concealer with light dabs: pat, touch, blot, wipe.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

dab

dab verb he dabbed his mouth with a napkin | she dabbed disinfectant on the cut: pat, press, touch, blot, mop, swab, smudge; spread, daub, bedaub, apply, wipe, stroke, stipple. ▶noun 1 the screw can be held in place with a tiny dab of superglue: drop, dash, spot, smear, dribble, trickle, splash, sprinkle, speck, taste, lick, trace, touch, hint, suggestion, soupçon, particle, bit, modicum; little; informal smidgen, tad. 2 apply concealer with light dabs: pat, press, touch, blot, mop, wipe, smudge, smear.

 

Duden Dictionary

DAB

DAB Abkürzung |deː |aːˈbeː |Deutsches Arzneibuch

 

Sanseido Dictionary

DAB

DAB 〖 Democratic Alliance of Burma 〗ビルマ民主同盟 。1988 年 ，22 の反政府組織が結成 。

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

dab

dab 1 /dæb /動詞 ～s ; ～bed ; ～bing 他動詞 1 …をポンポンと軽くたたく, …に軽く押し当てる ▸ dab one's cheeks with a powder puff パフで軽くほおをたたく 2 «…に » 〈バター 軟膏 （なんこう ）など 〉を軽く塗る, 付ける «on , onto , over » .自動詞 «…を » ポンポンと軽くたたく «at » .d à b A ó ff [ó ff A ]A 〈ほこりなど 〉を払い落とす .名詞 C 1 ｟くだけて ｠【柔らかいものの 】ひとかたまり, 少量 «of » ▸ a dab of butter [cotton ]一塗りのバター [綿のひとつまみ ]2 軽くたたく [押し当てる ]こと, 軽く塗ること ▸ a dab of paint 絵の具の一塗り 3 ｟英 やや古 ｠〖～s 〗指紋 .

 

dab

dab 2 名詞 複 ～, ～s C 〘魚 〙マガレイ ; マコガレイ .

 

dab

dab 3 名詞 C ｟英 くだけて ｠ «…の » 名人, 達人 (dab hand ) «at » .