Dab vs Pet - What's the difference?
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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 .
An animal kept as a companion.
One who is excessively loyal to a superior.
Any person or animal especially cherished and indulged; a darling.
* Tatler
To stroke or fondle (an animal).
(informal) To stroke or fondle (another person) amorously.
(informal) Of two or more people, to stroke and fondle one another amorously.
(dated) To treat as a pet; to fondle; to indulge.
(archaic) To be a pet.
Favourite; cherished.
* F. Harrison
A fit of petulance, a sulk, arising from the impression that one has been offended or slighted.
* 1891 , Mary Noailles Murfree, In the "Stranger People's" Country , Nebraska 2005, p. 105:
As a noun dab
is baptism (christian sacrament with water).As an acronym pet is
(organic compound) polyethylene terephthalate.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
* ----pet
English
Etymology 1
Attested since the 1500s in the sense "indulged child" and since the 1530s in the sense "animal companion"..'>citation The verb is derived from the noun.Noun
(wikipedia pet) {{ picdic , image=Pudel miniatura 342.jpg , detail1= }} (en noun)- the love of cronies, pets , and favourites
Synonyms
* companion animalReferences
Verb
(pett)- His daughter was petted and spoiled.
- (Feltham)
Derived terms
* pet cemetery * pet name * pet peeve * pet project * pet shop * pet store * petting * teacher's petAdjective
(-)- a pet child
- a pet theory
- Some young lady's pet curate.
Etymology 2
.Noun
(en noun)- There was something ludicrous, even more, unbecoming a gentleman, in leaving a friend's house in a pet , with the host's reproaches sounding in his ears, to be matched only by the bitterness of the guest's sneering retorts.