dab

dab
n. aanraking; klop, lichte slag; een klein beetje; weinig; "specialist"; een soort vis
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v. licht kloppen, licht aanraken; licht inwrijven
dab1
[ dæb] 〈meervoud: in betekenis I 0.4 ook dab〉
I 〈telbaar zelfstandig naamwoord〉
tik(je)klopje
lik(je)kwast(je), hoopje
een keertje bettenveegje
〈dierkunde〉schar
〈Brits-Engels; informeel〉keikraan
voorbeelden:
2   a dab of paint/butter een likje verf/boter
3   a dab with a sponge (even) een sponsje eroverheen
5   he's a dab (hand) at chess hij kan ontzettend goed schaken
II 〈meervoud〉 〈Brits-Engels; slang〉
vingerafdrukken
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dab2
〈dabbed〉
I 〈onovergankelijk en overgankelijk werkwoord〉
(aan)tikken(be)kloppen
bettendeppen
voorbeelden:
1   dab powder on one's cheeks zich de wangen poederen
2   he dabbed (at) the wound hij bette de wond
II 〈overgankelijk werkwoord〉
opbrengentamponneren 〈in het bijzonder verf〉
voorbeelden:
1   dab on (zachtjes) aan/opbrengen

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