dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/dab_MW.json

{
  "dab":{
    "antonyms":[
      "ace",
      "adept",
      "artist",
      "authority",
      "cognoscente",
      "connoisseur",
      "crackerjack",
      "crackajack",
      "dab hand",
      "expert",
      "fiend",
      "geek",
      "guru",
      "hand",
      "hotshot",
      "maestro",
      "master",
      "maven",
      "mavin",
      "meister",
      "past master",
      "proficient",
      "scholar",
      "shark",
      "sharp",
      "virtuoso",
      "whiz",
      "wizard"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a concentrated extract of cannabis that is prepared by treating cannabis with a solvent (such as butane) and is used by heating the concentrate on a hot surface (as of metal or glass) and inhaling the vapors":[
        "Marijuana potency is described in terms of the percentage of THC. Most marijuana has about 10 to 15 percent THC. Dab has a THC of 80 to 90 percent.",
        "\u2014 Chuck Biedka",
        "Dab is a product made by using butane (a highly flammable gas used in camping fuel canisters and cigarette lighters) to extract the concentrated cannabis oil from plants \u2026",
        "\u2014 Jeff Linville"
      ],
      ": a dance move originating in hip-hop that is performed by bending one arm at the elbow, dropping the head so that the face is near the crook of that arm, and usually extending the other arm so that it is parallel with the forearm of the bent arm":[
        "He does the dab , a dance move that looks like he's sneezing into his elbow.",
        "\u2014 Jessica Contrera",
        "During Hillary Clinton's 2016 Presidential campaign, she learned to do the dab \u2014a dance that Migos made popular \u2026",
        "\u2014 Sheldon Pearce",
        "As Newton appears to show in his coaching tips, there's more to the dab . The quarterback has Bailey make sure to lean into the move, ducking his head down while sharply raising his front arm and jutting his back arm backward.",
        "\u2014 Nick O'Malley"
      ],
      ": a gentle touch or stroke : pat":[
        "A moment of silence, a dab at the eye, a painful swallow before the roar of applause.",
        "\u2014 Masha Leon"
      ],
      ": a single dose of dab":[
        "Nothing like a joint, a dab is a small dose of highly concentrated cannabis heated on a hot surface and then inhaled.",
        "\u2014 Amy Hansen",
        "The last thing he would remember in the morning was taking a shot of spiced rum and a dab of marijuana.",
        "\u2014 Gavin Butler"
      ],
      ": a skillful person":[],
      ": a small amount":[
        "The flat shell should be prized off and the oysters eaten raw, with a squeeze of lemon juice and a dab of horseradish if you like.",
        "\u2014 Nancy Jenkins",
        "A dab of mousse works in seconds \"shaping\" a style in the time it takes a woman to run her fingers through her hair.",
        "\u2014 Shari Miller Sims"
      ],
      ": a sudden blow or thrust : poke":[],
      ": something that is dabbed on : daub , smear":[
        "\u2026 spots of bright-pink wild cyclamen \u2026 like the paint dabs on a pointillist's canvas.",
        "\u2014 Vogue"
      ],
      ": to apply lightly or irregularly : daub":[
        "In the past, restoring a frescoed wall involved little more than covering the cracks and dabbing fresh paint on the surface in an attempt to recapture some of its original color.",
        "\u2014 George Armstrong",
        "Dab or spray the scent on your \u2026 wrist.",
        "\u2014 Harper's Bazaar"
      ],
      ": to inhale the vapors of (a heated concentrate of cannabis)":[
        "More than half of students who use marijuana reported that they dab marijuana to get high.",
        "\u2014 Rachel O'Bryan",
        "In 2015, 28 percent of Colorado high-schoolers who admitted to consuming marijuana within the past month said that they had also dabbed it, according to the CDPHE [Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment].",
        "\u2014 Thomas Mitchell"
      ],
      ": to inhale the vapors of a heated concentrate of cannabis : to take a dab (see dab entry 1 sense 4b )":[
        "And if you have ever dabbed \u2026, or even just smoked some weed that was profoundly stronger than your usual stuff, that short list of symptoms probably sounds familiar.",
        "\u2014 Meagan Angus",
        "In Wisconsin, health officials are still investigating increasing reports of people with severe lung disease who say they've recently vaped or \" dabbed ,\" which involves inhaling marijuana products.",
        "\u2014 Michael Nedelman"
      ],
      ": to perform a dab (see dab entry 1 sense 5 ) or a series of dabs (as while dancing or in celebration)":[
        "Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton made the move famous last year after he starting dabbing as his touchdown celebration.",
        "\u2014 Meg Anderson",
        "Migos joined Corden for a little Carpool Karaoke on Tuesday, where the late-night host offered his sincere condolences on behalf of uncool dads everywhere for driving their dance move into the ground. Then he immediately dabbed to Whitney Houston's \"I Wanna Dance With Somebody.\"",
        "\u2014 Halle Kiefer"
      ],
      ": to strike or touch lightly : pat":[
        "Her eyes watered occasionally, and she was forced to dab them with a tissue.",
        "\u2014 John Grisham"
      ],
      ": to touch or pat something lightly":[
        "The Doctor paused to remove his glasses and dab at his eyes with a handkerchief.",
        "\u2014 T. Coraghessan Boyle"
      ],
      "Dictionary of American Biography":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 6":"Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
      "1691, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Anglo-French dabbe":"Noun",
      "Middle English dabbe":"Noun",
      "origin unknown":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dab"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "dig",
      "jab",
      "lunge",
      "poke"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-231404",
    "type":[
      "abbreviation",
      "noun",
      "noun,",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "dab hand":{
    "antonyms":[
      "amateur",
      "inexpert",
      "nonexpert"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": expert":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "He's a dab hand at cooking.",
      "She's a dab hand in the kitchen.",
      "She's always been a dab hand with a paint brush.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Zach is a dab hand at herbal knockout potions and the occasional amateur amputation, and there\u2019s a scene featuring the latter in which Wheatley indulges his twin tastes for deadpan comedy and head-on gross-outs to the extreme. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 14 Apr. 2021",
      "Sarah, a dab hand at deflecting sexism and maintaining her professional composure, takes the microphone and expresses her excitement at being on board. \u2014 Justin Chang Film Critic, Los Angeles Times , 5 Nov. 2020",
      "That, perhaps, is a little less in the bag, but the Kremlin\u2019s operatives are dab hands at suppressing protests and neutering the press. \u2014 The Economist , 12 Mar. 2020",
      "This is a very different approach to sister-in-law Kate Middleton, and Harry\u2019s older brother, Prince William, who have so far welcomed three royal babies into the world, and are kind of a dab hand at the whole thing. \u2014 Lucy Wood, Marie Claire , 11 Apr. 2019",
      "The returning characters include Lucius Best/Frozone (Samuel L. Jackson) and steely, brilliant Edna Mode (voiced by director Bird), who turns out to be a dab hand at babysitting the literal fireball Jack-Jack. \u2014 Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com , 11 June 2018",
      "The returning characters include Lucius Best/Frozone (Samuel L. Jackson) and steely, brilliant Edna Mode (voiced by director Bird), who turns out to be a dab hand at babysitting the literal fireball Jack-Jack. \u2014 Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com , 11 June 2018"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1828, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "dab entry 4":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "ace",
      "adept",
      "artist",
      "authority",
      "cognoscente",
      "connoisseur",
      "crackerjack",
      "crackajack",
      "dab",
      "expert",
      "fiend",
      "geek",
      "guru",
      "hand",
      "hotshot",
      "maestro",
      "master",
      "maven",
      "mavin",
      "meister",
      "past master",
      "proficient",
      "scholar",
      "shark",
      "sharp",
      "virtuoso",
      "whiz",
      "wizard"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-191900",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "dabbler":{
    "antonyms":[
      "authority",
      "expert",
      "pro",
      "professional",
      "specialist"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a duck (such as a mallard or shoveler) that feeds by dabbling":[],
      ": one not deeply engaged in or concerned with something":[],
      ": one that dabbles : such as":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "he was a dabbler , learning the basics of many arts but mastering none",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Her mother, a spiritual dabbler , believes that Khristen died and then came back to life. \u2014 Anthony Domestico, The Atlantic , 12 Sep. 2021",
      "The mandate at Hammer & Stitch is to craft exacting pub-style ales and lagers whose quality appeals to the demanding craft beer enthusiast but whose approachability also piques the palate of the dabbler . \u2014 oregonlive , 18 Aug. 2021",
      "There are licenses to be acquired if a seller is more than a casual dabbler or wants to buy from wholesalers, and research to be done into sourcing, demand and competition in various items, among other things. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 28 Apr. 2021",
      "Most dabblers become obsessed with finessing beautiful objects and seldom think about its context or consequences. \u2014 Anne Quito, Quartz at Work , 19 May 2020",
      "Having a few Iraq War dead-enders and dabblers in race science around keeps things fresh and interesting. \u2014 Osita Nwanevu, The New Republic , 27 Jan. 2020",
      "Like many New Age dabblers in the nineteen-seventies, he was drawn to the Fourth Way\u2014a brand of mysticism established by George Gurdjieff in the early twentieth century. \u2014 Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker , 18 Nov. 2019",
      "Goethe was a passionate geologist; Voltaire performed scientific experiments; but today, someone without specialized scientific knowledge is seen as a dabbler . \u2014 Washington Post , 24 Oct. 2019",
      "Haunts need more capital to start, maintain The latter category, the dabblers , includes another Mesa haunt, Golfland Fright Nights at Golfland Sunsplash. \u2014 Kerry Lengel, azcentral , 19 Oct. 2019"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1611, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8da-b(\u0259-)l\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for dabbler amateur , dilettante , dabbler , tyro mean a person who follows a pursuit without attaining proficiency or professional status. amateur often applies to one practicing an art without mastery of its essentials a painting obviously done by an amateur ; in sports it may also suggest not so much lack of skill but avoidance of direct remuneration. remained an amateur despite lucrative offers dilettante may apply to the lover of an art rather than its skilled practitioner but usually implies elegant trifling in the arts and an absence of serious commitment. had no patience for dilettantes dabbler suggests desultory habits of work and lack of persistence. a dabbler who started novels but never finished them tyro implies inexperience often combined with audacity with resulting crudeness or blundering. shows talent but is still a mere tyro",
    "synonyms":[
      "amateur",
      "dilettante",
      "hobbyist",
      "layman",
      "nonexpert",
      "nonprofessional",
      "potterer",
      "putterer",
      "tinkerer"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-212843",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "dabchick":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": any of several small grebes":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dab-\u02ccchik"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "probably irregular from obsolete English dop to dive + English chick":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1550, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-182117"
  },
  "daber locks":{
    "type":[
      "noun plural but singular or plural in construction"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": badderlocks":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dab\u0259(r)\u02cc-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "by alteration":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-183235"
  },
  "dabby":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": wet and adhesive":[
        "dabby clothes"
      ],
      ": moist , damp":[
        "dabby clothes"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-b\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "dab entry 3 + -y":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-203334"
  },
  "dabblingly":{
    "type":[
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": in a dabbling manner":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-015733"
  },
  "dabbling":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a superficial or intermittent interest, investigation, or experiment":[
        "his dabblings in philosophy and art"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8da-b(\u0259-)li\u014b"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "No Way Home, with Benedict Cumberbatch\u2019s Stephen Strange/Doctor Strange grappling with the fallout from his necessary dabbling in the multiverse. \u2014 Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone , 22 Dec. 2021",
      "During the Stones\u2019 debauched \u201970s heyday, Watts was relatively sober, but his dabbling in alcohol, heroin, and amphetamines became more of a habit by the early \u201980s. \u2014 Dan Reilly, Vulture , 24 Aug. 2021",
      "Their mutual dabbling on dating apps after college was less about fulfilling romantic ambitions than having something to do. \u2014 New York Times , 9 July 2021",
      "Musk has always been tongue in cheek with his crypto dabbling , but his latest posts have sown confusion across the industry and revived the debate over whether the nascent asset class is a serious investment. \u2014 Anchalee Worrachate, Fortune , 18 May 2021",
      "Our sources say for any kind of pour-over method (pour-over, French press, Chemex), a gooseneck kettle is what separates the serious from the dabbling . \u2014 Elizabeth Wallace, CNN Underscored , 6 Aug. 2020",
      "Between all the candy consumption, dress up opportunities, mischief making, and dark side dabbling , the holiday is traceable to an ancient Celtic festival. \u2014 Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful , 24 June 2020",
      "One thing Cooper couldn\u2019t abide was Richardson\u2019s dabbling in drug sales. \u2014 Mark Obbie, Longreads , 10 Mar. 2020",
      "Russia\u2019s wealthiest man, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, had been jailed in 2003 for refusing to cease his dabbling in politics. \u2014 Garry Kasparov, The New York Review of Books , 28 Jan. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1847, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-114801"
  }
}