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dabby

dabby adjective: damp.

Adjective

dabby (comparative more dabby, superlative most dabby)

  1. (archaic) Damp.
    • A dabby false collar is a most uncomfortable thing about your neck when you cool down after being very hot.1876, “Caught by the Tide”, in Peter Parley's Annual for 1876, page 142

Forms of dabby

comparativemore dabby
superlativemost dabby

Questions about dabby

What does dabby mean?
Dabby means damp.
What part of speech is dabby?
Dabby is an adjective.

Words near dabby in the dictionary

  1. dabbling ducks
  2. dabblingly
  3. dabblings
  4. Dabbs
  5. Dabbses
  6. dabby
  7. dabchick
  8. dabchicks
  9. DABCO
  10. Dabee
  11. dabeli

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