Dab: alternatives and connections

To lay or place; to put or adjust (one thing to another); -- with to; as, to apply the hand to the breast; to apply medicaments to a diseased part of…

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To move with measured steps, or to a musical accompaniment; to go through, either alone or in company with others, with a regulated succession of mov…

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of Dance

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A leaping or jumping.

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The visible exhalation, vapor, or substance that escapes, or expelled, from a burning body, especially from burning vegetable matter, as wood, coal,…

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To touch or hit with some force, either with the hand or with an instrument; to smite; to give a blow to, either with the hand or with any instrument…

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The Muse who presided over the choral song and the dance, especially the latter.

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To come in contact with; to hit or strike lightly against; to extend the hand, foot, or the like, so as to reach or rest on.

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of Touch

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A vessel with a very narrow stern; -- called also pinky.

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A vessel with a very narrow stern; -- called also pinky.

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To strike with a slight or gentle blow; to touch gently; to rap lightly; to pat; as, to tap one with the hand or a cane.

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To strike with a slight or gentle blow; to touch gently; to rap lightly; to pat; as, to tap one with the hand or a cane.

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of Dab

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To strike gently with the fingers or hand; to stroke lightly; to tap; as, to pat a dog.

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To strike and dash about, as water, mud, etc.; to plash.

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To spatter; to splash.

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To clean with a mop or swab; to wipe when very wet, as after washing; as, to swab the desk of a ship.

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See Swab.

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To strike with a slight or gentle blow; to touch gently; to rap lightly; to pat; as, to tap one with the hand or a cane.

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