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How to pronounce “dab”
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Pronunciation guide for dab
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of dab with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Brave New Weed: Adventures into the Uncharted World of Cannabis
shatters and dabs these new sort of
- Definition summary
- (transitive) To press lightly in a repetitive motion with a soft object without rubbing.
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How to pronounce dab
Brave New Weed: Adventures into the Uncharted World of Cannabis

shatters and dabs these new sort of
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “dab”
Meaning
- [Verb]
- (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.
- (slang) To apply hash oil to a heated surface for the purpose of efficient combustion.
- (dance, intransitive) To perform the dab dance move; to move both arms, parallel with one's head, to either side of the body.
- (bingo) Synonym of daub (to mark a bingo card)
- [Noun]
- 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.
- A small amount, a blob of some soft or wet substance.
- (chiefly in the plural, dated, British) 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.
- (obsolete) A dabbler.
- [Adverb]
- With a dab, or sudden contact.
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