Dab /(dăb)/

Dab

n.
  1. 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.

Dab

n.
  1. A name given to several species of flounders, esp. to the European species, Pleuronectes limanda. The American rough dab is Hippoglossoides platessoides. (Zool.)

Dab

v. i.

imp. & p. p. Dabbed; p. pr. & vb. n. Dabbing

  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.

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.
  2. A small mass of anything soft or moist.