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dabsnoun1pl. of dab a quick thrustone more quick dab of the brush and he would be finished with his painting digs, jabs, lunges, pokes punchesstabs, stickspushes, shovesjams, jerks, jogs, nudges a very small amountshe added a dab of sesame oil to the dressing before pouring it on the salad aces, bits, crumbs, drams, driblets, glimmers, hints, licks, little, mites, nips, ounces, particles, peanuts, rays, scintillas, scruples, shades, shadows, shreds, skoshes, smacks, smells, smidgens(also smidgeons or smidgins or smidges), snaps, soupçons, sparks, spatters, specks, splashes, spots, sprinklings, strains, streaks, suspicions, touches, traces hoots, iotas, jots, minima(or minimums), minims, modicums, semblances, syllables, tittles, vestiges, whitsatoms, dots, flecks, flyspecks, grains, granules, molecules, morsels, motes, nubbins, patches, scrapsdashes, drops, pinchesparts, portions, sectionsbites, nibbles, tasteshandfuls(also handsful), scatterings, smatterings, smattersdoses, shotschips, flakes, fragments, shards, shivers, slivers, smithereens, splintersshreds, tattersclippings, parings, shavings drops in the bucket abundances, barrels, boatloads, buckets, bundles, bushels, deals, fistfuls, gobs, heaps, lashings(also lashins, chiefly British), loads, lots, masses, messes, mountains, much, oodles, passels, pecks, piles, plenties, potfuls, profusions, quantities, rafts, reams, scads, stacks, wads, wealthsvolumesbonanzas, embarrassments, excesses, overabundances, overages, overflows, overkills, overmuch, oversupplies, superabundances, superfluities, surfeits, surpluseschunks, hunks, lumps, slabs a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrumenta bear can knock a man down with a simple dab of his paw bangs, bashes, bats, beats, belts, biffs, blows, bops, boxes, buffets, busts, chops, claps, clips, clouts, cracks, cuffs, douses(British), fillips, hacks, haymakers, hits, hooks, knocks, larrups(dialect), lashes, licks, pelts, picks, plumps, pokes, pounds, punches, raps, slams, slaps, slugs, smacks, smashes, socks, spanks, stingers, stripes, strokes, swats, swipes, switches, thuds, thumps, thwacks, wallops, welts, whacks, whams, whops(also whaps) counterblows(or counter-blows), counterpunches, counters, counterstrokes(or counter-strokes)body blows, hands, kicks, knees, lefts, one-twos, rabbit punches, right-handers, rights, roundhouses, shivers, sidewinders, sucker punches, swings, uppercutscrunchers, kayos, knockdowns, knockouts, KOsbastinadoes(or bastinades), batterings, beatings, drubbings, lickings, pastings, thrashingswallopings, whippings, whips dabsnoun2pl. of dabchiefly Britisha person with a high level of knowledge or skill in a fielda dab at finding unappreciated collectibles and reselling them at a considerable profit aces, adepts, artists, authorities, cognoscenti, connoisseurs, crackerjacks(also crackajacks), dab hands(chiefly British), experts, fiends, geeks, gurus, hands, hotshots, maestros(or maestri), masters, mavens(also mavins), meisters, past masters, proficients, scholars, sharks, sharps, virtuosos(or virtuosi), whizzes, wizards professionals, prosconsultants, hired guns, specialistsaddicts, aficionados(also afficionados), buffs, devotees, enthusiasts, fanscraftsmen, journeymenall-rounders(British), jacks-of-all-trades, Renaissance menmistresses amateurs, inexperts, nonexperts apprentices, beginners, neophytes, novicesdabblers, dilettantes(or dilettanti)laymen, nonprofessionals |