dabbing

Verb

dab (third-person singular simple present dabs, present participle dabbing, simple past and past participle dabbed)

1. (transitive) To press lightly in a repetitive motion with a soft object without rubbing.
   • I dabbed my face with a towel.
2. (transitive) To apply a substance in this way.
   • The nurse will dab some ointment on that gash.
3. To strike by a thrust; to hit with a sudden blow or thrust.
   • to dabbe him in the necke1532-1533, Thomas More, The Confutation of Tyndale's Answer
4. (slang) To apply hash oil to a heated surface for the purpose of efficient combustion.
5. (intransitive) To perform the dab dance move; to move both arms, parallel with one's head, to either side of the body.
   • Look, my bruddas don't dab, we just vossi bop2019, Stormzy, “Vossi Bop”
6. Synonym of daub (to mark a bingo card)

   Synonyms:

   daub

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