Kansas is smack dab in the middle of the US.
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Dab
//dæb//
Synonyms for "dab" (327 found)
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Strong matches (98)
Related words (163)
nutshelloilouncepaintpargetparticlepatpatchpebblepeckpickpigmentpinchpittanceplaneplanishplasterpointpokeprime
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Noun(65 words)
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Adjective(1 words)
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13 entriesAntonyms
1 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesRelated terms
7 entriescoordinate
3 entriesderived
10 entriesetymologically related_to
6 entrieshas context
4 entriesis a
1 entriesmanner of
2 entriesrelated to
22 entriesShowing 16 of 22 words.
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1 entriesTranslations
58 translations across 19 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- мазка noun (small amount, blob)
- майстор noun (expert; adept)
- писия noun (flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae)
- потупване noun (soft tap)
Catalan
1 entries- limanda noun (flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 比目魚 /比目鱼 noun (flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae)
- 高手 noun (expert; adept)
- 黃蓋鰈 /黄盖鲽 noun (flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae)
- 敷 verb (apply softly tapping)
Czech
4 entries- drobet noun (small amount, blob)
- kapka noun (small amount, blob)
- krapet noun (small amount, blob)
- trošička noun (small amount, blob)
Dutch
1 entries- dabben verb (perform the dance move)
Esperanto
2 entries- dabi verb (apply softly tapping)
- tapeti verb (softly tap)
Faroese
1 entries- áarskrubba noun (flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae)
Finnish
4 entries- kopautus noun (soft tap)
- nokare noun (small amount, blob)
- nokkaisu noun (soft tap)
- tippa noun (small amount, blob)
French
3 entries- dabber verb (perform the dance move)
- tamponner verb (softly tap)
- tapoter verb (softly tap)
Galician
1 entries- mendo noun (flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae)
German
4 entries- Klacks noun (small amount, blob)
- Klecks noun (small amount, blob)
- Taps noun (soft tap)
- auftupfen verb (apply softly tapping)
Greek
4 entries- άγγιγμα noun (soft tap)
- λιμάνδη η κοινή noun (flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae)
- μάστορας noun (expert; adept)
- μικροποσότητα noun (small amount, blob)
Irish
2 entries- daba noun (small amount, blob)
- daba noun (flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae)
Japanese
1 entries- ダブする verb (perform the dance move)
Norman
1 entries- cat noun (flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae)
Portuguese
2 entries- aplicar de leve verb (apply softly tapping)
- tocar de leve verb (softly tap)
Scots
1 entries- sautie noun (flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae)
Swedish
3 entries- baddare noun (expert; adept)
- dutta noun (soft tap)
- klick noun (small amount, blob)
Ukrainian
2 entries- примо́чувати verb (apply softly tapping)
- примочи́ти verb (apply softly tapping)
Sample sentences
31 total sentences available.
Tom is a dab hand at cooking.
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Tom did a dab to celebrate the legalization of cannabis in New York.
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My girlfriend is doing a dab.
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