Dabbing

//ˈdæbɪŋ// noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act by which something is dabbed.

    "About 10 o'clock A.M. the second dabbing or washing was repeated, and was this time extended above the knees. Two more dabbings followed in the course of the day […]"

  2. 2
    pressing a marijuana concentrate to a hot surface in order to vaporize it and inhale the concentrate wordnet
  3. 3
    a dance move in which the dancer simultaneously drops the head while raising an arm and the elbow in a gesture that has been noted to resemble sneezing wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of dab form-of, gerund, participle, present

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"The girl was dabbing her tears with a handkerchief while her friend tried to console her."

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