Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A cushioned pad used by printers and engravers to apply ink.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who or that which dabs.
- noun In stereotyping, a hard hair brush used in the papier-maché process for dabbing the back of the damp paper, and so driving it into the interstices of the type.
- noun A camel-hair brush used for cleaning picture-frames and for various purposes in photography.
- To confound or stupefy by rapid talking.
- To jar; wrangle.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun That with which one dabs; hence, a pad or other device used by printers, engravers, etc., as for dabbing type or engraved plates with ink.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun a thing or person that
dabs . - noun a cushioned pad used for applying ink.
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Examples
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I think -- see, I put it there, because we have a dabber, so you can dab and dab and dab.
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I think -- see, I put it there, because we have a dabber, so you can dab and dab and dab.
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I think -- see, I put it there, because we have a dabber, so you can dab and dab and dab.
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I think -- see, I put it there, because we have a dabber, so you can dab and dab and dab.
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* According to Marie-Lisehen using the dabber, you might add your own skin cells and bacteria to the juice which can cause spoilage.
25th Anniversary to Eau d'Hadrien Ayala Sender 2007
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She explained in much detail how to use the Butterfly Bottle – or any flacon with a dabber for the matter – without spoiling the juice:
25th Anniversary to Eau d'Hadrien Ayala Sender 2007
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* According to Marie-Lisehen using the dabber, you might add your own skin cells and bacteria to the juice which can cause spoilage.
Archive 2007-03-01 Ayala Sender 2007
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She explained in much detail how to use the Butterfly Bottle – or any flacon with a dabber for the matter – without spoiling the juice:
Archive 2007-03-01 Ayala Sender 2007
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I didn't really like them because the dabber didn't work very well on them.
Archive 2006-11-01 Teena in Toronto 2006
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They take the bingo dabber and make dots in the air to accentuate the movements.
super-suzan Diary Entry super-suzan 2006
asativum commented on the word dabber
One who dabs, usually used of men of a certain age and bearing. "Now there's a dabber fellow."
May 6, 2008