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Meanings of
dabbing
in English
Russian
dab
Spanish
dab
Catalan
dab
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Originally a synonym for swag, it has since evolved to describe a dance move popular online.
dab
the dab
Russian
dab
Usage of
dabbing
in English
1
Let me help you clean up. She began
dabbing
at his lap.
2
She never did like it,
dabbing
it timidly over her beautiful face.
3
Many of Mr Taiaroa's family were
dabbing
their eyes and appeared relieved.
4
On his right, Susannah was
dabbing
a cut under Eddie's left eye.
5
She walked about the room,
dabbing
her wet cheeks with a towel.
6
We began the ritual nose-blowing and
eye
-
dabbing
that follows every communal cry.
7
His rag of a handkerchief was
dabbing
tears out of his eyes.
8
The healer was
dabbing
at his wound with a bit of sponge.
9
Japp had taken out a handkerchief, and was gently
dabbing
his brow.
10
She sipped her water,
dabbing
at it with a small, purple tongue.
11
Here Dr. Thornton broke down,
dabbing
at his eyes with his handkerchief.
12
Picture them then, on the Washinsky path,
dabbing
at each other's eyes.
13
A paramedic begins
dabbing
at my forehead, his face smooth and unreadable.
14
Of course, Pogba saw the
dabbing
and got himself involved too.
15
Later,
dabbing
my stitches with Mercurochrome, Dr. Henny said, Well done.
16
It's like something really has changed, she said,
dabbing
at her eyes again.
Other examples for "dabbing"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
dabbing
dab
Verb
Present
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
dab at
dab away
dab a handkerchief
dab alternately
dab carefully
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Translations for
dabbing
Russian
dab
Spanish
dab
el dab
Catalan
dab
Dabbing
through the time
Dabbing
across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common