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dab

noun as in small quantity

verb as in blot up; touch lightly

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On the first day of shooting, Kallai and his film crew found themselves smack-dab in the middle of a war zone.

Dab says the truth—however frightening it may be—ultimately will keep people calm.

Now, they are smack dab in the middle of a GOP primary in Mississippi.

The first U.S. case of MERS landed in Indiana—smack-dab in the heartland.

Recently, at a pot-centered radio program, someone offered me a “dab” of butane honey oil (BHO)—a concentrated form of cannabis.

I had nearly a whole bag of cement left over from my dab at orchard renovation, and there were plenty of packing-boxes.

I took out the plug and shook out the little dab of quicksilver, and set my teeth in.

On one cheek he had a dab of jelly and his hand and shirt front were covered with broth.

“I dab fuss,” cried Pompey, and he swam on to soon reach one of the boughs, and turn round to wait for me.

Captain Wass showed a resolve to quit pecking at the edges and make a dab at the center of the subject.

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On this page you'll find 70 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to dab, such as: blob, dollop, fleck, speck, bit, and drop.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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