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Exact Match:

dab

a small quantity of something moist or liquid; "a dab of paint"; "a splatter of mud"; "just a splash of whiskey"

hit lightly; "pat him on the shoulder"

apply (usually a liquid) to a surface; "dab the wall with paint"

Synonyms:

• ace,
• adept,
• apply paint,
• atom,
• authority,
• beak,
• bedaub,
• bedizen,
• begild,
• besmear,
• bit,
• bloodstain,
• blot,
• blotch,
• blur,
• brand,
• brush,
• brush on paint,
• bunt,
• butter,
• calcimine,
• chuck,
• coat,
• color,
• complexion,
• cover,
• dabster,
• dash,
• daub,
• deep-dye,
• dip,
• distemper,
• dole,
• dollop,
• dot,
• double-dye,
• drag,
• dram,
• dress,
• dribble,
• driblet,
• drop,
• dub,
• dwarf,
• dye,
• emblazon,
• enamel,
• engild,
• equalize,
• even,
• eyesore,
• face,
• farthing,
• fast-dye,
• fillip,
• flatten,
• fleck,
• flick,
• flip,
• flirt,
• flyspeck,
• fragment,
• fresco,
• gild,
• glaze,
• gloss,
• gobbet,
• grade,
• grain,
• granule,
• graze,
• grease,
• groat,
• hair,
• handful,
• harrow,
• hint,
• hue,
• illuminate,
• imbue,
• ingrain,
• iota,
• japan,
• jot,
• lacquer,
• lay,
• lay on,
• lay on color,
• level,
• little,
• little bit,
• lubricate,
• macula,
• maculation,
• macule,
• mark,
• master,
• minim,
• minimum,
• minutiae,
• mite,
• modicum,
• molecule,
• mote,
• mow,
• nutshell,
• oil,
• ounce,
• paint,
• parget,
• particle,
• pat,
• patch,
• pebble,
• peck,
• pick,
• pigment,
• pinch,
• pittance,
• plane,
• planish,
• plaster,
• point,
• poke,
• prime,
• professional,
• proficient,
• rap,
• scruple,
• shade,
• shadow,
• shave,
• shellac,
• slap on,
• slather,
• slop on paint,
• smarm,
• smear,
• smear on,
• smidgen,
• smidgin,
• smirch,
• smitch,
• smooth,
• smooth down,
• smooth out,
• smouch,
• smudge,
• smut,
• smutch,
• snap,
• spatter,
• speck,
• speckle,
• splash,
• splatter,
• splotch,
• spoonful,
• spot,
• spread on,
• spread with,
• stain,
• stigma,
• stipple,
• suggestion,
• taint,
• tamp,
• tap,
• tar,
• tarnish,
• thimbleful,
• tickle,
• tinct,
• tincture,
• tinge,
• tint,
• tiny bit,
• tip,
• tittle,
• tone,
• touch,
• trace,
• trifling amount,
• trivia,
• undercoat,
• varnish,
• wash,
• whisk,
• whit,
• whitewash,
• whiz,
• wizard