Dabbed vs Drabbed - What's the difference?
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(dab)
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 .
(drab)
Dull, uninteresting, particularly of colour.
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A fabric, usually of thick wool or cotton, having a drab colour.
The colour of this fabric; a dun, dull grey, or or dull brownish yellow.
A wooden box, used in saltworks for holding the salt when taken out of the boiling pans.
(dated) A dirty or untidy woman; a slattern.
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(dated) A promiscuous woman, a slut; a prostitute.
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A box used in a saltworks for holding the salt when taken out of the boiling pans.
(obsolete) To consort with prostitutes.
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As verbs the difference between dabbed and drabbed
is that dabbed is past tense of dab while drabbed is past tense of drab.dabbed
English
Verb
(head)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
* ----drabbed
English
Verb
(head)drab
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Etymology 1
(etyl), meaning "color of undyed cloth", from (etyl) ).Xavier Delamarre, ''Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise : une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental , s.v. "drappo" (Paris: Errance, 2001).Adjective
(drabber)citation, page= , passage=In a drab first half, Ryan Shotton's drive was deflected on to a post and Jon Walters twice went close.}}
Noun
(en noun)Quotations
* (English Citations of "drab")Synonyms
* (fabric) (l)Derived terms
* (l)Etymology 2
Origin uncertain; probably compare Irish drabog, Gaelic .Noun
(en noun)- Old provincial society had [...] its brilliant young professional dandies who ended by living up an entry with a drab and six children for their establishment [...].
- The doss house emptied during the day; from ten o'clock until five or six in the evening, there was no one there except Mulliver, a drab who did some of the cleaning for him, and occasional visitors.
- Ineffable sarcasm underlined the word 'bride', suggesting that Mrs Mudge must be a drab who had married for respectability.
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