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dabbing out

dabbing out is the present participle and gerund of dab out.

Meaning of dab out

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To dab (to press lightly in a repetitive motion with a soft object without rubbing) using paint to produce a desired effect.
  2. (transitive) To remove using a dabbing motion.
  3. (transitive) To mark or press numbers with a dauber (marker for bingo cards) or, by extension, with a finger (e.g. on a phone pad).
  4. (transitive) To extinguish a cigarette by pressing the lit end down on something.
  5. (intransitive) To get high using dabs (concentrated hash oil on a heated surface).

Questions about dabbing out

What is dabbing out the present participle and gerund of?
Dabbing out is the present participle and gerund of dab out.

Words near dabbing out in the dictionary

  1. dabbed up
  2. dabber
  3. dabberlocks
  4. dabbers
  5. dabbing
  6. dabbing out
  7. dabbing up
  8. dabbings
  9. dabbities
  10. dabbity
  11. dabble

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dabbing out (page history and authors); dab out (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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