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noun

Tamponnement, coup léger

A soft tap or blow; a blow or peck from a bird's beak; an aimed blow.

Examples :

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

L'oiseau a donné un léger coup sur la graine de tournesol, puis l'a picorée pour l'ouvrir.

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noun

Tape amical, accolade

A soft, playful box given in greeting or approval.

Examples :

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

Ma petite sœur m'a donné une petite tape colorée en guise de salutation quand je suis rentré de l'école.

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noun

Une touche, une noisette

A small amount, a blob of some soft or wet substance.

Examples :

"a dab of glue"

Une touche de colle.

amount substance

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noun

Empreinte digitale

(chiefly in the plural) Fingerprint.

Examples :

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

Le détective a soigneusement recueilli les empreintes digitales du suspect sur la fenêtre.

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noun

Le dab

A hip hop dance move in which the dancer simultaneously drops the head while raising an arm, briefly resting their face in the elbow, as if sneezing into their elbow.

Examples :

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

Pendant la performance de danse scolaire, le nouvel élève a montré un dab cool.

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verb

Tamponner, tapoter

To press lightly in a repetitive motion with a soft object without rubbing.

Examples :

"I dabbed my face with a towel."

J'ai tamponné mon visage avec une serviette.

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verb

Tamponner

To apply a substance in this way.

Examples :

"He dabbed moisturizing liquid on his face."

Il a tamponné du liquide hydratant sur son visage.

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verb

Tamponner, tapoter

To strike by a thrust; to hit with a sudden blow or thrust.

Examples :

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

Le chef a habilement tamponné le couteau dans l'oignon, le tranchant proprement.

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verb

Appliquer de l'huile de haschisch sur une surface chauffée

To apply hash oil to a heated surface for the purpose of efficient combustion.

Examples :

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

Il a soigneusement utilisé un petit outil pour appliquer l'huile de haschisch sur le clou chaud du bang.

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verb

Faire le dab

To perform the dab dance move, by moving both arms to one side of the body parallel with your head.

Examples :

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

Après avoir marqué le but de la victoire, le footballeur a fait le dab pour célébrer.

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adverb

D'un coup, rapidement

With a dab, or sudden contact.

Examples :

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

Le pinceau a touché la toile d'un coup léger.

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noun

Expert, pro

One skilful or proficient; an expert; an adept.

Examples :

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

Ma sœur est une vraie pro au piano ; elle peut apprendre presque n'importe quelle chanson à l'oreille.

ability person achievement job

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noun

Carrelet

A small flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae, especially Limanda limanda; a flounder.

Examples :

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

Le chef a acheté un carrelet frais pour le plat de poisson spécial du restaurant.

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noun

Fausse limande

A sand dab, a small flatfish of genus Citharichthys.

Examples :

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

Le pêcheur a attrapé une petite fausse limande en lançant son filet.

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adjective

Mauvais

Examples :

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

Les résultats du test de l'élève étaient mauvais, ce qui signifiait qu'ils étaient mauvais.