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A skillful hand; a dabster; an expert.

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  1. n. A skillful hand; a dabster; an expert.
  2. n. A name given to several species of flounders, esp. to the European species, Pleuronectes limanda. The American rough dab is Hippoglossoides platessoides.
  3. v. i. To strike or touch gently, as with a soft or moist substance; to tap; hence, to besmear with a dabber.
  4. v. i. To strike by a thrust; to hit with a sudden blow or thrust.
  5. n. A gentle blow with the hand or some soft substance; a sudden blow or hit; a peck.
  6. n. A small mass of anything soft or moist.
  7. n. a light touch or stroke
  8. n. a small quantity of something moist or liquid
  9. n. 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
  10. v. apply (usually a liquid) to a surface
  11. v. hit lightly
  12. v. to smoke marijuana using butane hash oil