All dab synonyms
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D d verb dab
- daub — When you daub a substance such as mud or paint on something, you spread it on that thing in a rough or careless way.
- smear — to spread or daub (an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance) on or over something: to smear butter on bread.
- swab — a large mop used on shipboard for cleaning decks, living quarters, etc.
- wipe — to rub lightly with or on a cloth, towel, paper, the hand, etc., in order to clean or dry the surface of: He wiped the furniture with a damp cloth.
- smudge — a dirty mark or smear.
- stipple — to paint, engrave, or draw by means of dots or small touches.
- pat — to strike lightly or gently with something flat, as with a paddle or the palm of the hand, usually in order to flatten, smooth, or shape: to pat dough into flat pastry forms.
- plaster — a composition, as of lime or gypsum, sand, water, and sometimes hair or other fiber, applied in a pasty form to walls, ceilings, etc., and allowed to harden and dry.
- bedaub — to smear all over with something thick, sticky, or dirty
- tap — Telocator Alphanumeric Protocol
- besmear — to smear over; daub
- peck — Annie Smith, 1850–1935, U.S. mountain climber.
- apply — If you apply for something such as a job or membership of an organization, you write a letter or fill in a form in order to ask formally for it.
noun dab
- bit — A bit of something is a small part or section of it.
- blob — A blob of thick or sticky liquid is a small, often round, amount of it.
- spot — a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
- dash — If you dash somewhere, you run or go there quickly and suddenly.
- drop — a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
- smidgeon — a very small amount: a smidgen of jam for your toast.
- dollop — a lump or blob of some substance: dollops of mud.
- fleck — a speck; a small bit: a fleck of dirt.
- speck — a small spot differing in color or substance from that of the surface or material upon which it appears or lies: Specks of soot on the window sill.
- flick — a motion picture.
- smidgen — a very small amount: a smidgen of jam for your toast.
- stroke — a short oblique stroke (/) between two words indicating that whichever is appropriate may be chosen to complete the sense of the text in which they occur: The defendant and his/her attorney must appear in court.
- touch — to put the hand, finger, etc., on or into contact with (something) to feel it: He touched the iron cautiously.