Dabber

Acceptable For Game Play - US & UK word lists

This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A cushioned pad used by printers and engravers to apply ink.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. a thing or person that dabs.
  • n. a cushioned pad used for applying ink.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. That with which one dabs; hence, a pad or other device used by printers, engravers, etc., as for dabbing type or engraved plates with ink.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. One who or that which dabs.
  • n. In stereotyping, a hard hair brush used in the papier-maché process for dabbing the back of the damp paper, and so driving it into the interstices of the type.
  • n. A camel-hair brush used for cleaning picture-frames and for various purposes in photography.
  • To confound or stupefy by rapid talking.
  • To jar; wrangle.
  • Word Usage
    "I think -- see, I put it there, because we have a dabber, so you can dab and dab and dab."