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dab-handed

dab-handed adjective: very proficient.

Adjective

dab-handed (comparative more dab-handed, superlative most dab-handed)

  1. (UK) very proficient
    • He is dab-handed at cricket.

Forms of dab-handed

comparativemore dab-handed
superlativemost dab-handed

Origin of dab-handed

From dab (“an expert; an adept”) + handed (“having the hand of”).

Questions about dab-handed

What does dab-handed mean?
Dab-handed means very proficient.
What part of speech is dab-handed?
Dab-handed is an adjective.

Words near dab-handed in the dictionary

  1. dab pen
  2. dab pens
  3. dab rig
  4. dab rigs
  5. dab up
  6. dab-handed
  7. Daba
  8. daba grass
  9. dabai
  10. dabakan
  11. Dabancheng

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