dabs in English

noun

1

a small amount of something.

she licked a dab of chocolate from her finger

synonyms: drop, spot, smear, splash, speck, taste, trace, touch, hint, bit, smidgen, tad, lick

2

a small, commercially important flatfish that is found chiefly in the North Atlantic.

Even though this rig is especially good for gurnards, it also proves superbly successful for dabs , plaice, megrim, even small turbot and brill, also haddock, cod and whiting.

verb

1

press against (something) lightly with a piece of absorbent material in order to clean or dry it.

he dabbed his mouth with his napkin

synonyms: pat, press, touch, blot, mop, swab, daub, apply, wipe, stroke

2

aim at or strike with a light blow.

noun

drop, spot, smear, splash, speck, taste, trace, touch, hint, bit, smidgen, tad, lick
pat, touch, blot, wipe
pat, tap
splash, splatter

verb

pat, swab
pat, press, touch, blot, mop, swab, daub, apply, wipe, stroke
pat
swab, swob

Use "dabs" in a sentence

1. 6 Pout, whiting, dabs and odd dogfish made up bags.

2. Rockling, dabs, odd flounder and school bass at night over the sandbanks at Llandanwg.

3. Hythe Range to Redoubt Wall for dabs, pout and rockling.

4. Dover Breakwater offered flounder, dabs and small pout with the inside wall best.

5. 12 Hythe Range to Redoubt Wall for dabs, pout and rockling.

6. Aluminium, unworked, in particular in the form of notches, granules, dabs and waffles

7. Langley Point and White Horses producing a few whiting and dabs to black lug.

8. 10 Dover Breakwater offered flounder, dabs and small pout with the inside wall best.

9. Sandbars at Hurst Castle provided limited action during night sessions with small dabs, flounder and pout.

10. The pianist sits and dabs at his keyboard, as though he were sorting cards for a seance.

11. Southwold to Brightlingsea poor with flounder and dabs plus occasional sole and plaice from estuaries.

12. 15 Chesil Beach gave dabs, pout and small whiting during daylight with odd dogfish at night.

13. He made a few dabs at the fence with the paintbrush, but didn't really paint it.

14. 27 Sandbars at Hurst Castle provided limited action during night sessions with small dabs, flounder and pout.

15. Her face was rather blunt, the features unfinished putty dabs, and now it was swollen with crying.

16. Stretch of beach between Fishbourne and Ryde Pier offered good flounder at night with odd dabs at Seaview.

17. Tying the Coypu Dab (or Small Flounder) Where found, dabs are delicious treats for stripers and other game fish

18. Fleetwood charter boats able to fish the edges of the bay during unsettled weather but only found dabs and whiting.

19. These include some species of flatfish (predominantly long rough dabs, solenettes, topknots) and roundfish (such as gurnards, catfish, weevers).

20. Concentrates are known by many names like budder, wax, dabs, crumble, live resin and shatter, and is best for experienced users.

21. Billy," the "Backwoodser." He raises a little patch of corn, a little dab of potatoes, and other dabs of various other crops

22. Cannabis oils, Concentrates, and extracts all serve as umbrella terms that cover the following products: shatter, vape oil, hash, THC distillate & tinctures, dabs, & more

23. A properly stoked quartz Banger with adequate thickness offers a decent time window enough to get in a couple of dabs before the Banger needs to be reheated

24. Welcome to 5-second dabs! The Apx Wax vaporizer is powerful, portable and distinctly discreet at 3.5 inches tall! It may be palm-sized, but the Apx Wax fires up its triple quartz coil atomizer phenomenally fast using a long-lasting 1100mAh battery