Darb vs Dab - What's the difference?
darb | dab |
(Australia, slang) A cigarette.
(slang) Something beautiful, a charm, a peach.
* 1931 , Courtney Ryley Cooper, Circus Day ,
* 1934 , Story , Volume 4,
* 1941 , Amazing Stories , Ziff-Davis, Volume 15, Issues 1-6,
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 .
As nouns the difference between darb and dab
is that darb is a cigarette while dab is a soft tap or blow; a blow or peck from a bird's beak; an aimed blow.As a verb dab is
to press lightly in a repetitive motion with a soft object without rubbing.As an adverb dab is
with a dab, or sudden contact.As an initialism DAB is
digital audio broadcasting.darb
English
Noun
(en noun)page 263,
- “Boss,” he exclaimed, “it's a darb .”
- “It's more than that,” I cut in, “it?s a wonder. It?s a masterpiece.”
page 35,
- ‘My new bird is a darb ,’ he says, ‘only four months old and he?s got a roll and a chop the size of your arm. Never heard a young bird sing like that.’
page 21,
- You can figure for yourself what a darb of a setup that was for us seven hundred professional killers!
Synonyms
* (cigarette) death stick, durrieAnagrams
* * * ----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.
