dab

dab
dab [{{t}}dæb] (pt & pp dabbed, cont dabbing)
1 noun
(a) (small amount)
a dab un petit peu;
a dab of perfume une goutte de parfum;
a dab of powder un peu de poudre;
a dab of butter une noisette de beurre;
just give it a dab of paint mets-y un coup de peinture
(b) {{}}Ichthyology{{}} limande f
(c) {{}}British{{}} {{}}familiar{{}} (idiom)
to be a dab hand at sth être doué en ou pour qch ;
to be a dab hand at doing sth être doué pour faire qch
2 transitive verb
(a) (touch lightly) tamponner;
to dab one's eyes (with a handkerchief) se tamponner les yeux;
she dabbed the graze with cotton wool elle tamponna l'écorchure avec du coton
(b) (daub)
he dabbed the canvas with paint il posait la peinture sur la toile par petites touches
3 dabs plural noun
{{}}British{{}} {{}}very familiar{{}} (fingerprints) empreintes fpl digitales
dab at inseparable transitive verb
tamponner;
she dabbed at the stain with a sponge elle a tamponné la tache avec une éponge
dab off separable transitive verb
ôter en tamponnant
dab on separable transitive verb
(paint, antiseptic etc) appliquer par petites touches

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