Dictionary entry

Dab hand

Pronunciation

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Myanmar Meaning

ကျွမ်းကျင်သူ။ ပါရဂူ။

Definition

dab /dæb/ v ( -bb- ) ၁။ ~ (at) sth (with sth) တို႔သည္။ သုတ္သည္။ She stopped crying and dabbed her eyes (with a tissue). ❍ She dabbed at the cut with a wet cloth. ၂။ ~ sth on/off (sth) တို႔သည္။ တို႔ (ယူ) သည္။ dab paint on a picture ❍ dab off the excess water. n [C] ၁။ ပါးပါးကေလး သုတ္ထားေသာေဆး စသည္။ ၂။ ညင္သာစြာ တို႔ျခင္း။ (တစ္) တို႔။ One dab with blotting-paper and the ink was dry. ❏ dab hand n ( Brit infml ) တစ္စံုတစ္ရာတြင္ ကြၽမ္းက်င္သူ၊ လက္ေျမာက္သူ။ He’s a dab hand at cooking spaghetti. ❍ a dab hand with a golf club.

Examples

  1. Remove the stain by carefully dabbing it with a cloth.
  2. [dab at] : Marge dabbed at her eyes with a handkerchief.
  3. Dab some lotion onto the affected area.