dab

petite quantité, noisette

Une petite quantité de matière molle ou liquide.

En anglais simple : A small amount of something soft or wet.

• Add a dab of butter.
• She covered the scratch with a dab of paint.
• Would a small dab of glue hold it in place?

Comment l'utiliser : a dab of something (Put a dab of cream on your hand.)

Synonymes : blob, drop

Expressions courantes : a dab of, small dab, dab of cream

petite tape, coup de bec

Contact ou coup léger, notamment un petit coup rapide donné avec le bec d’un oiseau.

En anglais simple : A light touch or hit, including a quick hit from a bird’s beak.

• Give the mark a gentle dab.
• A dab with a damp cloth removed the spot.
• The bird gave his finger a quick dab with its beak.

Synonymes : tap, pat, peck

Expressions courantes : gentle dab, dab with something, dab on something

petite tape

Petit coup amical donné pour saluer quelqu’un ou montrer son approbation.

En anglais simple : A light, friendly hit given to greet someone or show approval.

• He gave me a friendly dab on the shoulder.
• She greeted her brother with a playful dab.
• A gentle dab on the back showed his approval.

Synonymes : tap, pat

Expressions courantes : a friendly dab, a gentle dab, give a dab

dose d’huile de cannabis

Une petite dose d’huile de cannabis aux effets puissants.

En anglais simple : A small amount of strong oil made from cannabis.

• The dab contained concentrated cannabis oil.
• He heated the dab in a special pipe.
• The package held several small dabs.

Synonymes : blob, ace, atom, thought

Expressions courantes : a cannabis dab, take a dab

tamponner

Presser doucement plusieurs fois avec un tissu doux ou un objet similaire, sans frotter.

En anglais simple : To press something gently several times with a soft cloth or similar object, without rubbing.

• Dab your face with the towel.
• He dabbed at the sweat on his forehead.
• She gently dabbed the wet paint with a sponge.

Comment l'utiliser : dab something with something (Dab your face with a clean towel.); dab at something (She dabbed at her eyes with a tissue.)

Synonymes : pat

Expressions courantes : dab someone’s face, dab with something, dab at something

appliquer par petites touches, tamponner

Déposer une petite quantité de quelque chose sur une surface par de légers contacts.

En anglais simple : To put a small amount of something onto a surface with gentle touches.

• Dab some cream on your skin.
• She dabbed blue paint onto the paper.
• He dabbed a little glue on each corner.

Comment l'utiliser : dab something on/onto something (Dab a little cream onto the sore area.)

Synonymes : apply, dot

Expressions courantes : dab cream on, dab paint onto, dab on something

frapper, porter un coup

Frapper ou pousser quelqu’un d’un geste rapide et soudain.

En anglais simple : To hit or push at someone with a quick, sudden movement.

• He dabbed the man in the neck.
• The attacker dabbed at him with a stick.
• She dabbed him in the shoulder with her fist.

Comment l'utiliser : dab someone in something (The fighter dabbed his opponent in the ribs.)

Synonymes : jab, strike

Expressions courantes : dab at someone, dab someone hard

faire du dabbing

Chauffer de l’huile concentrée de cannabis sur une surface chaude pour en inhaler la fumée.

En anglais simple : To put strong cannabis oil on a hot surface so it burns and its smoke can be breathed in.

• He used to dab cannabis oil.
• They dabbed the concentrate on a heated surface.
• She said she had never dabbed hash oil.

Expressions courantes : dab cannabis oil, dab hash oil, dab a concentrate