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dab
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dæb/
- Rhymes: -æb
Etymology 1
From Middle English dabben (“to strike”), perhaps ultimately imitative. Comparable with Middle Dutch dabben (“to pinch, knead, fumble, dabble”) (Dutch dabben (“(of a horse) to stamp with the forelegs”)), Dutch deppen (“to dab”), possibly German tappen (“to fumble, grope”).
The noun is from Middle English dabbe (“a strike, blow”), from the verb. Related to tap. Compare also drub, dub.
African-American sense of “playful box” perhaps influenced by dap (“fistbump”).
Verb
dab (third-person singular simple present dabs, present participle dabbing, simple past and past participle dabbed)
- (transitive) To press lightly in a repetitive motion with a soft object without rubbing.
- (transitive) To apply a substance in this way.
- To strike by a thrust; to hit with a sudden blow or thrust.
- 1532-1533, Thomas More, The Confutation of Tyndale's Answer
- to dabbe him in the necke
- 1532-1533, Thomas More, The Confutation of Tyndale's Answer
- (slang) To apply hash oil to a heated surface for the purpose of efficient combustion.
- (dance, intransitive) To perform the dab dance move, by moving both arms to one side of the body parallel with your head.
- 2019, Stormzy, Vossi Bop
- Look, my brothas don't dab, we just vossi bop
- 2019, Stormzy, Vossi Bop
Translations
Noun
dab (plural dabs)
- A soft tap or blow; a blow or peck from a bird's beak; an aimed blow.
- (African-American Vernacular) A soft, playful box given in greeting or approval.
- Coordinate terms: dap, fist bump, high five
- page 197: I step closer to Profit and draw in a deep, steadying breath while the brothers exchange dabs. “What's up, fam? I see you finally made it.”
- A small amount, a blob of some soft or wet substance.
- Synonym: blob
- (slang) A small amount of hash oil.
- (chiefly in the plural, dated, Britain) Fingerprint.
- (dance) A hip hop dance move in which the dancer simultaneously drops the head while raising an arm, briefly resting their face in the elbow, as if sneezing into their elbow.
Related terms
- dap
- dob
- tap
Translations
Adverb
dab (not comparable)
- With a dab, or sudden contact.
Translations
See also
- daub
Etymology 2
Perhaps corrupted from adept.
Noun
dab (plural dabs)
- One skilful or proficient; an expert; an adept.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:skilled person
- c. 1759-1770?, Oliver Goldsmith, Essay
- One excels at a plan or the title page, another works away at the body of the book, and the third is a dab at an index.
Derived terms
- dab hand
- dabster
Translations
Etymology 3
Late Middle English dabbe, of unknown origin; perhaps related to sense 1 (“to press against lightly”) as in "a soft mass dabbed down."
Noun
dab (plural dabs)
- A small flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae, especially Limanda limanda; a flounder.
- (US) A sand dab, a small flatfish of genus Citharichthys.
Translations
Etymology 4
Back slang for bad.
Adjective
dab (comparative more dab, superlative most dab)
- (obsolete, costermongers) Bad.
- Synonym: trosseno
- Antonyms: doog, doogheno
References
Further reading
- dab on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- dab (dance) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Oxford English Dictionary (1989)
- dab at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- ABD, ADB, Abd., BDA, D.B.A., DBA, abd., bad, d/b/a, dba
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English dab.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d?p/
- Hyphenation: dab
- Rhymes: -?p
Noun
dab m (uncountable)
- (dance) The dab (hip-hop dance move).
Related terms
- dabben
Maltese
Etymology
From Arabic ???? (??b). The expected form would be dieb, which exists dialectally. The imala was irregularly inverted as in some other verbs with -u- in the imperfect.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /da?p/
Verb
dab (imperfect jdub)
- (intransitive) to melt (become liquid, especially through warmth)
Derived terms
- dewweb
White Hmong
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /da?/
Noun
dab
- (evil) spirit, considered responsible for epileptic attacks among other things
Derived terms
- qaug dab peg
References
- Ernest E. Heimbach, White Hmong - English Dictionary (1979, SEAP Publications)
Yola
Alternative forms
- dap
Etymology
From Middle English dabben.
Verb
dab
- dash, slap
References
- Jacob Poole (1867) , William Barnes, editor, A glossary, with some pieces of verse, of the old dialect of the English colony in the baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, J. Russell Smith, ?ISBN
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smack
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /smæk/
- Rhymes: -æk
Etymology 1
From Middle English smac, smak, smacke, from Old English smæc, smæ?? (“taste, smatch”), from Proto-Germanic *smakkuz (“a taste”), from Proto-Indo-European *smeg?-, *smeg- (“to taste”). Cognate with English dialectal smatch, Scots smak (“scent, smell, taste, flavour”), Saterland Frisian Smoak (“taste”), West Frisian smaak (“taste”), Dutch smaak (“taste”), German Schmack, Geschmack (“taste”), Swedish and Norwegian smak (“taste”), Norwegian smekke . Akin to Old English smæ??an (“to taste, smack”). More at smake, smatch.
Noun
smack (countable and uncountable, plural smacks)
- A distinct flavor, especially if slight.
- rice pudding with a smack of cinnamon
- A slight trace of something; a smattering.
- 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island
- He was not sailorly, and yet he had a smack of the sea about him too.
- 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island
- (slang, uncountable) Heroin.
- (Northern England) A form of fried potato; a scallop.
Derived terms
- foresmack
- smackless
Translations
Verb
smack (third-person singular simple present smacks, present participle smacking, simple past and past participle smacked)
- (transitive) To get the flavor of.
- 1827, Thomas Carlyle (translator), Johann August Musæus, "Melechsala" (1782-86); in German Romance I. 175
- He soon smacked the taste of physic hidden in this sweetness.
- 1827, Thomas Carlyle (translator), Johann August Musæus, "Melechsala" (1782-86); in German Romance I. 175
- (intransitive) To indicate or suggest something; used with of.
- Her reckless behavior smacks of pride.
- (intransitive) To have a particular taste; used with of.
- 1820-25, Charles Lamb, Essays of Elia
- He had his tea and hot rolls in a morning, while we were battening upon our quarter-of-a-penny loaf — our crug — moistened with attenuated small beer, in wooden piggings, smacking of the pitched leathern jack it was poured from.
- 1820-25, Charles Lamb, Essays of Elia
Derived terms
- smack of
Etymology 2
From Middle Low German smack (Low German Schmacke, Schmaake (“small ship”)) or Dutch smak, perhaps ultimately related to smakken, imitative of the sails' noise.
Noun
smack (plural smacks)
- A small sailing vessel, commonly rigged as a sloop, used chiefly in the coasting and fishing trade and often called a fishing smack
- A group of jellyfish.
Translations
References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “smack”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
Etymology 3
From Middle Dutch smacken, of imitative origin.
Akin to German schmatzen (“eat noisily”), Dutch smakken (“to fling down”), Plautdietsch schmaksen (“to smack the lips”), regional German schmacken, Schmackes (“vigour”) (compare Swedish smak (“slap”), Middle Low German smacken, the first part of Saterland Frisian smakmuulje (“smack”)).
Noun
smack (plural smacks)
- A sharp blow; a slap. See also: spank.
- The sound of a loud kiss.
- A quick, sharp noise, as of the lips when suddenly separated, or of a whip.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
smack (third-person singular simple present smacks, present participle smacking, simple past and past participle smacked)
- To slap or hit someone.
- To make a smacking sound.
- 1832, Banjamin Disraeli, Contarini Fleming
- A horse neighed, and a whip smacked, there was a whistle, and the sound of a cart wheel.
- 1832, Banjamin Disraeli, Contarini Fleming
- (New Zealand) To strike a child (usually on the buttocks) as a form of discipline. (US spank)
- To wetly separate the lips, making a noise, after tasting something or in expectation of a treat.
- 1763, Robert Lloyd, “A Familiar Epistle” in St. James Magazine:
- But when, obedient to the mode / Of panegyric, courtly ode / The bard bestrides, his annual hack, / In vain I taste, and sip and smack, / I find no flavour of the Sack.
- 1763, Robert Lloyd, “A Familiar Epistle” in St. James Magazine:
- To kiss with a close compression of the lips, so as to make a sound when they separate.
Translations
Adverb
smack (not comparable)
- As if with a smack or slap; smartly; sharply.
- Right smack bang in the middle.
Derived terms
- smack-dab
Further reading
- Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
Anagrams
- macks
Swedish
Noun
smack n
- (in the phrase "inte ett smack") smidgeon, piece, small bit
See also
- inte ett smack
Anagrams
- macks
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