dab

"The bird made a soft dab at the sunflower seed, then pecked it open. "

"My little sister gave me a small, colorful dab as a greeting when I came home from school. "

"a dab of glue"

"The detective carefully collected the suspect's dabs from the window. "

"During the school dance performance, the new student showed off a cool dab. "

"I dabbed my face with a towel."

"He dabbed moisturizing liquid on his face."

"The chef expertly dabbed the knife into the onion, slicing it cleanly. "

"He carefully used a small tool to dab the hash oil onto the hot nail of the rig. "

"After scoring the winning goal, the soccer player dabbed to celebrate. "

"The paintbrush dabbed the canvas with a light touch. "

""My sister is a real dab at playing the piano; she can learn almost any song by ear." "

"The chef bought a fresh dab for the restaurant's special fish dish. "

"The fisherman caught a small sand dab while casting his net. "

"The student's test results were dab, meaning they were bad. "