Dab vs. Dob — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Dab and Dob
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Dab
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
She dabbed at her eyes with a handkerchief
Dob
To report (a person) to someone in authority for a wrongdoing.
I’ll dob on you if you break in.
You dobbed me in! — I never did!
Dab
Strike with a light blow.
Dob
To do one's share; to contribute.
We all dobbed in for a gift when he retired.
Dab
Perform a dance move or gesture in which one arm is bent at an angle across the chest while the other is fully extended parallel to the first arm, with the face turned towards the bent elbow
The player who dabs after touchdowns
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Dob
To nominate a person, often in their absence, for an unpleasant task.
I arrived just after the meeting had started and found myself dobbed in to take the minutes.
Dab
A small amount of something
She licked a dab of chocolate from her finger
Dob
To play truant
Dab
Fingerprints
The catalogue is being dusted for your dabs
Dob
In the scouting movement, to chant dob to indicate that one will do one's best to follow the scouting laws.
Dab
A small, commercially important flatfish found chiefly in the North Atlantic.
Dob
A small amount of something, especially paste.
Put a dob of butter on the potato, please.
Dab
A dance move or gesture, originating in hip hop and often performed as part of a celebration, in which one arm is bent at an angle across the upper chest while the other is fully extended parallel to the first arm, with the face turned towards the bent elbow
He celebrated on the court by doing the dab
His signature dab
Dob
Initialism of date of birth
Dab
To apply with short poking strokes
Dabbed some paint on the worn spots.
Dab
To cover lightly with a moist substance
Dabbed the back of the fabric with glue.
Dab
To rub or pat (something) lightly
Dabbed his eye with the corner of his sleeve.
Dab
To press (something) lightly against an object or surface
Dabbed a napkin to her lips.
Dab
To remove or brush away with light strokes
Dabbed the tears from the child's eyes.
Dab
To make light patting or stroking motions
Dabbed at the wound with a piece of gauze.
Dab
A small amount
A dab of jelly.
Dab
A quick light pat.
Dab
Any of various flatfishes, especially the edible Limanda limanda of northeast Atlantic waters.
Dab
A dab hand.
Dab
(transitive) To press lightly in a repetitive motion with a soft object without rubbing.
I dabbed my face with a towel.
Dab
(transitive) To apply a substance in this way.
He dabbed moisturizing liquid on his face.
Dab
To strike by a thrust; to hit with a sudden blow or thrust.
Dab
(slang) To apply hash oil to a heated surface for the purpose of efficient combustion.
Dab
To perform the dab dance move, by moving both arms to one side of the body parallel with your head.
Dab
A soft tap or blow; a blow or peck from a bird's beak; an aimed blow.
Dab
(AAVE) A soft, playful box given in greeting or approval.
Dab
A small amount, a blob of some soft or wet substance.
A dab of glue
Dab
(slang) A small amount of hash oil.
Dab
Fingerprint.
Dab
(dance) A hip hop dance move in which the dancer simultaneously drops the head while raising an arm, briefly resting their face in the elbow, as if sneezing into their elbow.
Dab
(obsolete) A dabbler.
Dab
One skilful or proficient; an expert; an adept.
Dab
A small flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae, especially Limanda limanda; a flounder.
Dab
(US) A sand dab, a small flatfish of genus Citharichthys.
Dab
With a dab, or sudden contact.
Dab
Bad.
Dab
A skillful hand; a dabster; an expert.
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
A name given to several species of flounders, esp. to the European species, Pleuronectes limanda. The American rough dab is Hippoglossoides platessoides.
Dab
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.
Dab
A small mass of anything soft or moist.
Dab
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.
Dab
To strike by a thrust; to hit with a sudden blow or thrust.
Dab
A light touch or stroke
Dab
A small quantity of something moist or soft;
A dab of paint
A splatter of mud
Dab
Apply (usually a liquid) to a surface;
Dab the wall with paint
Dab
Hit lightly;
Pat him on the shoulder
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