Synonyms of the word

dab

• v. (transitive) To press lightly in a repetitive motion with a soft object without rubbing.
• v. (transitive) To apply a substance in this way.
• v. To strike by a thrust; to hit with a sudden blow or thrust.
• v. To apply hash oil to a heated surface for the purpose of efficient combustion.
• v. To perform the dab dance move, by moving both arms to one side of the body parallel with your head.
• n. A soft tap or blow; a blow or peck from a bird's beak; an aimed blow.
• n. (African American Vernacular) A soft, playful box given in greeting or approval.
• n. A small amount, a blob of some soft or wet substance.
• n. (chiefly in the plural, dated, Britain) Fingerprint.
• n. A small amount of hash oil.
• n. A hip hop dance move in which the dancer simultaneously drops the head while raising an arm, briefly resting…
• adv. With a dab, or sudden contact.
• n. One skilful or proficient; an expert; an adept.
• n. A small flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae, especially Limanda limanda； a flounder.
• n. (US) A sand dab, a small flatfish of genus Citharichthys.
• adj. (obsolete, back slang) Bad.

apply

• v. (transitive) To lay or place; to put (one thing to another).
• v. (transitive) To put to use; to use or employ for a particular purpose, or in a particular case; to appropriate;…
• v. (transitive) To make use of, declare, or pronounce, as suitable, fitting, or relative; as, to apply the…
• v. (transitive) To fix closely; to engage and employ diligently, or with attention; to attach; to incline.
• v. (transitive) To betake; to address; to refer; generally used reflexively.
• v. (intransitive) To submit oneself as a candidate (with the adposition "to" designating the recipient of…
• v. (intransitive) To pertain or be relevant to a specified individual or group.
• v. (obsolete) To busy; to keep at work; to ply.
• v. (obsolete) To visit.
• adj. Alternative spelling of appley.

pat

• n. The sound of a light slap or tap with a soft flat object, especially of a footstep.
• n. A light tap or slap, especially with the hands.
• n. A flattish lump of soft matter, especially butter or dung.
• v. To (gently) tap the flat of one's hand on a person or thing.
• v. To hit lightly and repeatedly with the flat of the hand to make smooth or flat.
• v. (Australia, New Zealand) To stroke or fondle (an animal).
• v. To gently rain.
• adj. timely, suitable, apt, opportune, ready for the occasion; especially of things spoken.
• adj. trite, being superficially complete, lacking originality.
• adv. Opportunely, in a timely or suitable way.
• adv. Perfectly.
• n. patent.
• n. (knitting) pattern.

splash

• n. (onomatopoeia) The sound made by an object hitting a liquid.
• n. A small amount of liquid.
• n. A small amount (of color).
• n. A mark or stain made from a small amount of liquid.
• n. An impact or impression.
• n. (computing, informal) splash screen.
• n. (wrestling) A body press; A move where the wrestler jumps forward from a raised platform such as the top…
• v. To hit or agitate liquid so that part of it separates from the principal liquid mass.
• v. To disperse a fluid suddenly; to splatter.
• v. (transitive) to hit or expel liquid at.
• v. To create an impact or impression; to print, post or publicize prominently.
• v. (transitive) To spend (money).
• v. To launch a ship.

splatter

• n. An uneven shape or mess created by something dispersing on impact.
• n. (attributive) A genre of gory horror.
• v. (intransitive) To splash; to scatter; to land or strike in an uneven, distributed mess.
• v. (transitive) To cause (something) to splatter.
• v. (transitive) To spatter (something or somebody).

strike

• v. (transitive, sometimes with out or through) To delete or cross out; to scratch or eliminate.
• v. (heading, physical) To have a sharp or sudden effect.
• v. (transitive) To thrust in; to cause to enter or penetrate.
• v. (heading, personal, social) To have a sharp or severe effect.
• v. To touch; to act by appulse.
• v. (heading, transitive) To take down, especially in the following contexts.
• v. (intransitive) To set off on a walk or trip.
• v. (intransitive) To pass with a quick or strong effect; to dart; to penetrate.
• v. (dated) To break forth; to commence suddenly; with into.
• v. (intransitive) To become attached to something; said of the spat of oysters.
• v. To make and ratify.
• v. To level (a measure of grain, salt, etc.) with a straight instrument, scraping off what is above the level…
• v. (masonry) To cut off (a mortar joint, etc.) even with the face of the wall, or inward at a slight angle.
• v. To hit upon, or light upon, suddenly.
• v. To lade into a cooler, as a liquor.
• v. To stroke or pass lightly; to wave.
• v. (obsolete) To advance; to cause to go forward; used only in the past participle.
• v. To balance (a ledger or account).
• n. (baseball) A status resulting from a batter swinging and missing a pitch, or not swinging at a pitch when…
• n. (bowling) The act of knocking down all ten pins in on the first roll of a frame.
• n. A work stoppage (or otherwise concerted stoppage of an activity) as a form of protest.
• n. A blow or application of physical force against something.
• n. (finance) In an option contract, the price at which the holder buys or sells if they choose to exercise…
• n. An old English measure of corn equal to the bushel.
• n. (cricket) The status of being the batsman that the bowler is bowling at.
• n. The primary face of a hammer, opposite the peen.
• n. (geology) The compass direction of the line of intersection between a rock layer and the surface of the…
• n. An instrument with a straight edge for levelling a measure of grain, salt, etc., scraping off what is…
• n. (obsolete) Fullness of measure; hence, excellence of quality.
• n. An iron pale or standard in a gate or fence.
• n. (ironworking) A puddler's stirrer.
• n. (obsolete) The extortion of money, or the attempt to extort money, by threat of injury; blackmail.
• n. The discovery of a source of something.
• n. A strike plate.

swab

• n. (medicine) A small piece of soft, absorbent material, such as gauze, used to clean wounds, apply medicine,…
• n. A sample taken with a swab (piece of absorbent material).
• n. A piece of material used for cleaning or sampling other items like musical instruments or guns.
• n. A mop, especially on a ship.
• n. (slang) A sailor; a swabby.
• v. (transitive) To use a swab on something, or clean something with a swab.

swob

• n. Alternative form of swab.
• v. Alternative form of swab.

tap

• n. A tapering cylindrical pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask; a spigot.
• n. A device used to dispense liquids.
• n. Liquor drawn through a tap; hence, a certain kind or quality of liquor.
• n. A place where liquor is drawn for drinking; a taproom; a bar.
• n. (mechanics) A device used to cut an internal screw thread. (External screw threads are cut with a die…
• n. A connection made to an electrical or fluid conductor without breaking it.
• n. An interception of communication by authority.
• v. To furnish with taps.
• v. To draw off liquid from a vessel.
• v. To deplete, especially of a liquid via a tap; to tap out.
• v. To place a listening or recording device on a telephone or wired connection.
• v. To intercept a communication without authority.
• v. (mechanical) To cut an internal screw thread.
• v. (card games, board games) To turn or flip a card or playing piece to remind players that it has already…
• n. Device used to listen in secretly on telephone calls.
• v. To strike lightly.
• v. To touch one's finger, foot, or other body parts on a surface (usually) repeatedly.
• v. To make a sharp noise.
• v. To designate for some duty or for membership, as in 'a tap on the shoulder'.
• v. (slang, transitive) To have sexual intercourse with.
• v. (combat sports) To submit to an opponent by tapping one's hand repeatedly.
• v. (combat sports, transitive) To force (an opponent) to submit.
• v. To put a new sole or heel on.
• n. A gentle or slight blow; a light rap; a pat.
• n. tap dance.
• n. (computing) The act of touching a touch screen.
• n. A piece of leather fastened upon the bottom of a boot or shoe in repairing or renewing the sole or heel;…
• n. (military) A signal, by drum or trumpet, for extinguishing all lights in soldiers' quarters and retiring…
• n. (phonetics) A consonant sound made by a single muscle contraction, such as the sound [ɾ] in the standard…

touch

• v. Primarily physical senses.
• v. Primarily non-physical senses.
• v. To try; to prove, as with a touchstone.
• v. To mark or delineate with touches; to add a slight stroke to with the pencil or brush.
• v. (obsolete) To infect; to affect slightly.
• v. To strike; to manipulate; to play on.
• v. To perform, as a tune; to play.
• v. To influence by impulse; to impel forcibly.
• n. An act of touching, especially with the hand or finger.
• n. The faculty or sense of perception by physical contact.
• n. The style or technique with which one plays a musical instrument.
• n. A distinguishing feature or characteristic.
• n. A little bit; a small amount.
• n. The part of a sports field beyond the touchlines or goal-lines.
• n. A relationship of close communication or understanding.
• n. The ability to perform a task well; aptitude.
• n. (obsolete) Act or power of exciting emotion.
• n. (obsolete) An emotion or affection.
• n. (obsolete) Personal reference or application.
• n. A single stroke on a drawing or a picture.
• n. (obsolete) A brief essay.
• n. (obsolete) A touchstone; hence, stone of the sort used for touchstone.
• n. (obsolete) Examination or trial by some decisive standard; test; proof; tried quality.
• n. (music) The particular or characteristic mode of action, or the resistance of the keys of an instrument…
• n. (shipbuilding) The broadest part of a plank worked top and but, or of one worked anchor-stock fashion…
• n. The children's game of tag.
• n. (bell-ringing) A set of changes less than the total possible on seven bells, i.e. less than 5,040.
• n. (slang) An act of borrowing or stealing something.
• n. (Britain, plumbing, dated) tallow.

touching

• v. present participle of touch.
• adj. Provoking sadness and pity; that can cause sadness or heartbreak among witnesses to a sad event or situation.
• n. The act by which something is touched.