• Finnish: nokare
• Greek: άγγιγμα (agigma)

• Greek: μικροποσότητα (mikroposotita)

Adverb

1. With a dab, or sudden contact.

Etymology 2

Noun

1. One skilful or proficient, an expert, an adept.

Translations

Derived terms

• dab hand

Etymology 3

Origin unknown.

Noun

1. A small flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae, especially Limanda limanda.

Translations

Anagrams

• bad

References

• Oxford English Dictionary (1989)

Dab may refer to:

• Common dab, a kind of flatfish
• Dabbing in Motorcycling, To touch the ground with feet or hands while bicycling or motorcycling
• Dab (beer), a German lager
• Dąb Coat of Arms, a Polish coat of arms
• Dąb, a town in Poland
• Dab, Afghanistan
• Dabs.com, a retailer in the UK
• In the sport of Bouldering, an inadvertent grazing of a pad or spotter that renders an ascent invalid
• Dab (cat), a character in the Deptford Histories

DAB is a three-letter initialism which may refer to:

• Dave & Buster's, a chain of restaurants in the United States
• Dansk Almennyttigt Boligselskab a Danish non-profit housing association
• Dansk Automat Brancheforening, the Danish branch of EUROMAT
• Daytona Beach International Airport (IATA airport code: DAB) in Florida, United States
• Defense Acquisition Board, a group that reviews proposed purchases by the United States Department of Defense
• Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong, a political party in the Hong Kong Special Administrative
• DAB pumps,electric water pumps maufacturer based in Italy and belonging to Grundfos Danish Group

Region of the People's Republic of China

• Digital Audio Broadcasting, a form of radio transmission
• Dortmunder Actien Brauerei, producers of Dab lager
• One of the following chemical compounds:
  • 3,3'-Diaminobenzidine, a brownish chemical compound
  • 3,3'-Diaminobenzidine tetrahydrochloride, the neutralized, water-soluble form of the above (3,3'-Diaminobenzidine) commonly used in immunohistochemical staining
  • Methyl yellow (or p-dimethylaminoazobenzene), a pH indicator

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