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Dybbed vs Dabbed - What's the difference?

dybbed | dabbed |

As verbs the difference between dybbed and dabbed

is that dybbed is past tense of dyb while dabbed is past tense of dab.

dybbed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (dyb)

    • dyb

    English

    Alternative forms

    * dib

    Verb

  • (intransitive, sometimes, humorous) In the scouting movement, to chant dyb , meaning "do your best" (to follow the scouting laws).
  • * 2009 , Clive James, Unreliable Memoirs (page 54)
    • I used to get through the dibbing and dobbing all right but during the howling I usually rolled over backwards.
  • * 2009 , Wendy Holden, Beautiful People
    • 'I'm a scout,' she smiled at him. The boy, in his turn, stared at Sam. He'd heard somewhere that scouting had got more trendy lately, that it was more snowboarding and surfing than dib-dib-dibbing and doing old ladies' gardens.
  • * 2009 , Justin Pollard, The Interesting Bits
    • Why were there 212 fatalities at the first boy scout camp? There wasn't much dybbing and dobbing at Robert Baden-Powell's first scout camp as the camp in question was in Mafeking and took place during a particularly nasty siege
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    dabbed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (dab)

    • dab

    English

    (wikipedia dab)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) .

    Verb

    (dabb)
  • To press lightly in a repetitive motion with a soft object without rubbing.
    • I dabbed my face with a towel.
  • * S. Sharp
    • A sore should only by dabbing it over with fine lint.
  • To apply a substance in this way.
    • He dabbed moisturizing liquid on his face.
  • To strike by a thrust; to hit with a sudden blow or thrust.
  • * Sir T. More
    • to dab him in the neck
  • To apply

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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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    • 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.”
  • A small amount, a blob of some soft or wet substance.
  • (chiefly, in the plural, dated, British) Fingerprint.
  • A small amount of .
    • Coordinate terms
    * fistbump, high five
    Related terms
    * dob

    Adverb

    (-)
  • With a dab, or sudden contact.

    • Etymology 2

    Perhaps corrupted from adept.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One skilful or proficient; an expert; an adept.
  • * Goldsmith
    • 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 also
    Derived terms
    * dab hand

    Etymology 3

    Origin unknown.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A small flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae, especially ? a flounder.
  • (US) A sand dab, a small flatfish of genus .

    • References

    * Oxford English Dictionary (1989)

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