Dab vs Clang - What's the difference?
dab | clang |
To press lightly in a repetitive motion with a soft object without rubbing.
* S. Sharp
To apply a substance in this way.
To strike by a thrust; to hit with a sudden blow or thrust.
* Sir T. More
To apply
A soft tap or blow; a blow or peck from a bird's beak; an aimed blow.
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(AAVE) A soft, playful given in greeting or approval.
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A small amount, a blob of some soft or wet substance.
(chiefly, in the plural, dated, British) Fingerprint.
A small amount of .
With a dab, or sudden contact.
One skilful or proficient; an expert; an adept.
* Goldsmith
A small flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae, especially ? a flounder.
(US) A sand dab, a small flatfish of genus .
A loud, ringing sound, like that made by free-hanging metal objects striking each other.
Quality of tone.
The cry of some birds, including the crane and the goose.
(psychology, psychiatry) A word or phrase linked only by sound and not by meaning, characteristic of some mental disorders.
* Oliver Sacks, Awakenings
To strike (objects) together so as to produce a clang.
* Prior
To give out a clang; to resound.
* 1933 , Norvell Page, Wings of the Black Death
* 1920 , Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence
* 1917 , Rose Wilder Lane, Henry Ford’s Own Story
As nouns the difference between dab and clang
is that dab is baptism (christian sacrament with water) while clang is a loud, ringing sound, like that made by free-hanging metal objects striking each other.As a verb clang is
to strike (objects) together so as to produce a clang.dab
English
(wikipedia dab)Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Verb
(dabb)- I dabbed my face with a towel.
- A sore should only by dabbing it over with fine lint.
- He dabbed moisturizing liquid on his face.
- to dab him in the neck
Noun
(en noun)- 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.”
Coordinate terms
* fistbump, high fiveAdverb
(-)Etymology 2
Perhaps corrupted from adept.Noun
(en noun)- 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.
Synonyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* dab handEtymology 3
Origin unknown.Noun
(en noun)References
* Oxford English Dictionary (1989)Anagrams
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English
Noun
(en noun)- For much of this day, Mrs Y. wrote in her diary, covering page after page in a rapid scrawl full of paligraphic repetitions, puns, clangs, and violent, perseverative crossings-out
Verb
(en verb)- The fierce Caretes clanged their sounding arms.
- A cell door clanged metallically and Wentworth was flung inside. He tripped, collapsed upon the concrete floor.
Chapter XXIX
- The clanging and groaning of the train came nearer, and it staggered slowly into the station like a prey- laden monster into its lair.
- Then the sparks flew from the anvil while the great hammer clanged on the metal, shaping it, and Henry begged to be allowed to try it