press against (something) lightly several times with a piece of absorbent material in order to clean or dry it or to apply a substance

he dabbed his mouth with his napkin

she dabbed at her eyes with a handkerchief

strike with a light blow

a small amount of something

she licked a dab of chocolate from her finger

fingerprints

the catalogue is being dusted for your dabs

a small, commercially important flatfish found chiefly in the North Atlantic

a dance move or gesture, originating in hip hop and often performed as part of a celebration, in which one arm is bent at an angle across the upper chest while the other is fully extended parallel to the first arm, with the face turned towards the bent elbow

his signature dab

he celebrated on the court by doing the dab

perform a dance move or gesture in which one arm is bent at an angle across the chest while the other is fully extended parallel to the first arm, with the face turned towards the bent elbow

the player who dabs after touchdowns