Dab vs. Towel

Dabverb

(transitive) To press lightly in a repetitive motion with a soft object without rubbing.

‘I dabbed my face with a towel.’;

Towelnoun

A cloth used for wiping, especially one used for drying anything wet, as a person after a bath.

Dabverb

(transitive) To apply a substance in this way.

‘He dabbed moisturizing liquid on his face.’;

Towelverb

To hit with a towel.

Dabverb

To strike by a thrust; to hit with a sudden blow or thrust.

Towelverb

To dry by using a towel.

‘He got out of the shower and toweled himself dry.’;

Dabverb

(slang) To apply hash oil to a heated surface for the purpose of efficient combustion.

Towelverb

(transitive) To block up (a door, etc.) with a towel, to conceal the fumes of a recreational drug.

Dabverb

To perform the dab dance move, by moving both arms to one side of the body parallel with your head.

Towelverb

To beat with a stick.

Dabnoun

A soft tap or blow; a blow or peck from a bird's beak; an aimed blow.

Towelnoun

A cloth used for wiping, especially one used for drying anything wet, as the person after a bath.

Dabnoun

(AAVE) A soft, playful box given in greeting or approval.

Towelverb

To beat with a stick.

Dabnoun

A small amount, a blob of some soft or wet substance.

‘a dab of glue’;

Towelnoun

a rectangular piece of absorbent cloth (or paper) for drying or wiping

Dabnoun

(slang) A small amount of hash oil.

Towelverb

wipe with a towel;

‘towel your hair dry’;

Dabnoun

Fingerprint.

Towelnoun

a piece of thick absorbent cloth or paper used for drying oneself or wiping things dry

‘a paper towel’; ‘a bath towel’;

Dabnoun

(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.

Towelnoun

a sanitary towel.

Dabnoun

One skilful or proficient; an expert; an adept.

Towelverb

wipe or dry with a towel

‘she towelled her hair dry’;

Dabnoun

A small flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae, especially Limanda limanda; a flounder.

Towelverb

thrash or beat (someone)

‘they've dragged her off the bus and towelled her up’;

Dabnoun

(US) A sand dab, a small flatfish of genus Citharichthys.

Towel

A towel is a piece of absorbent fabric or paper used for drying or wiping a body or a surface. It draws moisture through direct contact.

Dabadverb

With a dab, or sudden contact.

Dabadjective

Bad.

Dabnoun

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.’;

Dabnoun

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

Dabnoun

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.’;

Dabnoun

A small mass of anything soft or moist.

Dabverb

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.’;

Dabverb

To strike by a thrust; to hit with a sudden blow or thrust.

Dabnoun

a light touch or stroke

Dabnoun

a small quantity of something moist or soft;

‘a dab of paint’; ‘a splatter of mud’;

Dabverb

apply (usually a liquid) to a surface;

‘dab the wall with paint’;

Dabverb

hit lightly;

‘pat him on the shoulder’;

Dabverb

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’;

Dabverb

apply (a substance) with light quick strokes

‘she dabbed disinfectant on the cut’;

Dabverb

strike with a light blow.

Dabverb

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’;

Dabnoun

a small amount of something

‘she licked a dab of chocolate from her finger’;

Dabnoun

a brief application of a piece of absorbent material to a surface

‘apply concealer with light dabs’;

Dabnoun

a small portion of cannabis oil or resin, or another drug in a highly concentrated form, that can be vaporized or burned and inhaled

‘the patient reported taking a dab of marijuana approximately five hours before his appointment’; ‘the dab can be heated from underneath with a match, lighter, or candle until it begins to emit smoke’;

Dabnoun

fingerprints

‘the catalogue is being dusted for your dabs’;

Dabnoun

a small, commercially important flatfish found chiefly in the North Atlantic.

Dabnoun

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’;