Index of English words, starting with "da"

(1) - Dab (n.) A small mass of anything soft or moist.
(2) - Dab (n.) A gentle blow with the hand or some soft substance; a sudden blow or hit; a peck.
(3) - Dab (v. i.) To strike by a thrust; to hit with a sudden blow or thrust.
(4) - Dab (v. i.) To strike or touch gently, as with a soft or moist substance; to tap; hence, to besmear with a dabber.
(5) - Dab (n.) A name given to several species of flounders, esp. to the European species, Pleuronectes limanda. The American rough dab is Hippoglossoides platessoides.
(6) - Dab (n.) A skillful hand; a dabster; an expert.

(1) - Dabber (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.

(1) - Dabble (v. i.) To work in slight or superficial manner; to do in a small way; to tamper; to meddle.
(2) - Dabble (v. i.) To play in water, as with the hands; to paddle or splash in mud or water.
(3) - Dabble (v. t.) To wet by little dips or strokes; to spatter; to sprinkle; to moisten; to wet.

(1) - Dabbler (n.) One who dips slightly into anything; a superficial meddler.
(2) - Dabbler (n.) One who dabbles.

(1) - Dabchick (n.) A small water bird (Podilymbus podiceps), allied to the grebes, remarkable for its quickness in diving; -- called also dapchick, dobchick, dipchick, didapper, dobber, devil-diver, hell-diver, and pied-billed grebe.