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PRONUNCIATION OF DABBING

dabbing  [ˈdæbɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DABBING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Dabbing is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb dabbing in English.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO DABBING

PRESENT

Present
I dab
you dab
he/she/it dabs
we dab
you dab
they dab
Present continuous
I am dabbing
you are dabbing
he/she/it is dabbing
we are dabbing
you are dabbing
they are dabbing
Present perfect
I have dabbed
you have dabbed
he/she/it has dabbed
we have dabbed
you have dabbed
they have dabbed
Present perfect continuous
I have been dabbing
you have been dabbing
he/she/it has been dabbing
we have been dabbing
you have been dabbing
they have been dabbing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I dabbed
you dabbed
he/she/it dabbed
we dabbed
you dabbed
they dabbed
Past continuous
I was dabbing
you were dabbing
he/she/it was dabbing
we were dabbing
you were dabbing
they were dabbing
Past perfect
I had dabbed
you had dabbed
he/she/it had dabbed
we had dabbed
you had dabbed
they had dabbed
Past perfect continuous
I had been dabbing
you had been dabbing
he/she/it had been dabbing
we had been dabbing
you had been dabbing
they had been dabbing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will dab
you will dab
he/she/it will dab
we will dab
you will dab
they will dab
Future continuous
I will be dabbing
you will be dabbing
he/she/it will be dabbing
we will be dabbing
you will be dabbing
they will be dabbing
Future perfect
I will have dabbed
you will have dabbed
he/she/it will have dabbed
we will have dabbed
you will have dabbed
they will have dabbed
Future perfect continuous
I will have been dabbing
you will have been dabbing
he/she/it will have been dabbing
we will have been dabbing
you will have been dabbing
they will have been dabbing
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would dabbing
you would dabbing
he/she/it would dabbing
we would dabbing
you would dabbing
they would dabbing
Conditional continuous
I would be dabbing
you would be dabbing
he/she/it would be dabbing
we would be dabbing
you would be dabbing
they would be dabbing
Conditional perfect
I would have dabbing
you would have dabbing
he/she/it would have dabbing
we would have dabbing
you would have dabbing
they would have dabbing
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been dabbing
you would have been dabbing
he/she/it would have been dabbing
we would have been dabbing
you would have been dabbing
they would have been dabbing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you dab
we let´s dab
you dab
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to dab
Past participle
dabbed
Present Participle
dabbing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DABBING


absorbing
əbˈsɔːbɪŋ
attention-grabbing
əˈtenʃənˌɡræbɪŋ
bing
bɪŋ
clubbing
ˈklʌbɪŋ
confabbing
ˈkɒnfæbɪŋ
crabbing
ˈkræbɪŋ
disturbing
dɪˈstɜːbɪŋ
dubbing
ˈdʌbɪŋ
headline-grabbing
ˈhedˌlaɪnˌɡræbɪŋ
jabbing
ˈdʒæbɪŋ
kerbing
ˈkɜːbɪŋ
probing
ˈprəʊbɪŋ
rubbing
ˈrʌbɪŋ
sabbing
ˈsæbɪŋ
scrubbing
ˈskrʌbɪŋ
sobbing
ˈsɒbɪŋ
stabbing
ˈstæbɪŋ
throbbing
ˈθrɒbɪŋ
tubing
ˈtjuːbɪŋ
webbing
ˈwɛbɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DABBING

da Vinci
Da Yunhe
daal
dab
dab hand
dabba
dabbed
dabber
dabbity
dabble
dabbler
dabbling
dabchick
dabster
Dacca
dace
dacha
Dachau
dachshund

WORDS THAT END LIKE DABBING

back-stabbing
blabbing
bobbing
climbing
cribbing
drubbing
grabbing
hobbing
jobbing
mobbing
money-grubbing
nabbing
nightclubbing
ribbing
robbing
scabbing
stubbing
subbing
swabbing
tabbing
tubbing

Synonyms and antonyms of dabbing in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «DABBING»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «dabbing» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of dabbing
apply · bedaub · bit · blot · dash · daub · dollop · dribble · drop · fleck · flick · hint · lick · little · modicum · mop · particle · pat · press · smear · smudge · speck · splash · spot · spread · sprinkle · stipple · stroke · suggestion · swab · tad · tap · taste · touch · trace · trickle · wipe

Translation of «dabbing» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DABBING

Find out the translation of dabbing to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of dabbing from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «dabbing» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

涂抹
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

dabbing
570 millions of speakers

English

dabbing
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

dabbing
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

اللمس
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

вытирая
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

dabbing
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

dabbing
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

tamponnant
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Dabbing
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Abtupfen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

軽くたたく
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

dabbing
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Dabbing
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

dabbing
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

dabbing
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

डबिंग
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

vurma
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

tamponando
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wklepywanie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

витираючи
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

tamponare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μαρκάρετε με
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

dabbing
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

dabbing
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

dabbing
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of dabbing

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DABBING»

The term «dabbing» is regularly used and occupies the 104.063 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DABBING» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «dabbing» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «dabbing» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about dabbing

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DABBING»

Discover the use of dabbing in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to dabbing and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Brushwork Essentials
One of the most frequent mistakes beginning and intermediate painters make is dabbing. By dabbing I mean holding the brush, especially a round, perpendicular to the canvas and pushing directly into the surface to apply the paint.
Mark Christopher Weber, 2002
2
The art of drawing on stone
OF. THE. DABBING. STYLE. OF THE IMPLEMENTS. PAGE. 83. The tools requisite for this style 58 OF DRAWING IN THE DABBING STYLE. 84. A margin of stopping must be placed round the drawing. ....... 61 85. Positive lights to be stopped ...
Charles Joseph Hullmandel, 1824
3
The Art of Pastel Painting
Dabbing (dots and dashes). I have adapted this term for the sake of simplicity and clarity. It is used to describe a technique variously called pointil- lism, impressionism, divisionism, and dotting. It refers to dabs or short strokes of color applied ...
Alan Flattmann, 2007
4
Typographia: an historical sketch of the origin and progress ...
According to the degree of burning which the gypsum has received, the shaking will require to be continued a shorter or a longer space of time; if underbumt, it will allow too little time for shaking and for dabbing; if overburnt, the mixture will ...
Thomas Carson HANSARD, 1825
5
Typographia, an historical sketch of the origin and progress ...
According to the degree of burning which the gypsum has received, the shaking will require to be continued a shorter or a longer space of time ; if underburnt, it will allow too little time for shaking and for dabbing ; if overburnt, the mixture will ...
Thomas Curson Hansard, 1825
6
Woollen Spinning, Weaving, Knitting, Dyeing, Bleaching and ...
The dabbing brushes now dab it down into the pins and the cycle is repeated. Pinning Details. Pinning details are very important to the practical comber, who distinguishes the circles by the number of pins in the finest row, that is, a “26 circle” ...
NPCS Board of Consultants & Engineers, 2009
7
Painting More Animal Friends: 24 Step-By-Step Projects In ...
Mix a dark reddish brown with Red Oxide, Burnt Umber and Ultramarine Blue. Paint the forehead, body, legs and tail with a no. 6 bright, blending where the dark reddish brown meets the warm black with a separate no. 6 bright. Use dabbing ...
Jeanne Filler Scott, 2008
8
Paint Landscapes in Acrylic with Lee Hammond
I then added texture to make it look more real by dabbing multiple layers of color with a small piece of sponge. Change the sponge periodically, and use different edges to prevent a repetitive pattern from being produced. 1 2 3 4 5 Exercise ...
Lee Hammond, 2009
9
Photographic Printing Methods: A Practical Guide to the ...
When Prussian blue is used to produce smooth tints, such as skies, etc., a little of Robinson's medium should be mixed with it, which will materially assist the dabbing process. The same addition may be made to burnt sienna and burnt umber ...
William Henry Burbank, 1802
10
Assisting at Surgical Operations: A Practical Guide
Diathermy (see also 'Touching with the diathermy') Dabbing Often, you can help the surgeon to find the exact site of origin of a small bleed, by dabbing the area with absorbent material. This absorbs surrounding blood, so immediately after ...
Comus Whalan, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DABBING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term dabbing is used in the context of the following news items.
1
8 Sweat Myths You Probably Still Believe
Dabbing antiperspirant under your arms curbs sweat there, but your body will vent heat in other locations. Myth: Sweating makes you break out. «Allure Magazine, Jul 15»
2
Trevor Nunn: 'I begged David Miliband not to give up on his destiny'
“I hope people don't think me doddery and incontinent,” he says, looking around and dabbing himself with a napkin. “So many people in this ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
3
How to Wear Makeup Even When You're Melting
Martin suggests dabbing on the foundation in light layers, and spot treating areas where you need more coverage, such as your T-zone and ... «New York Magazine, Jul 15»
4
Why Do So Few Women Bike In NYC?
Face wipes are remarkably effective for dabbing away sweat. If you feel gross after riding, consider a change of clothes, or hopping off a few ... «Gothamist, Jul 15»
5
Community Paint Day Held At CHOP For Mural Honoring Visit Of …
Dabbing colorful paint onto the parachute paper panels was a welcome change of pace for 20-year old CHOP patient Alicia. “I think it helps, ... «CBS Local, Jul 15»
6
The AZ guide to hair jargon
Dabbing your hair with a towel, followed by a quick squeeze to get rid of excess water, is the way to go. UNDERCUT. Undercut, in hair terms, ... «Independent Online, Jul 15»
7
Rosendale Theatre unveils new stage, drop-down screen
Dabbing at his eyes, Mathews joked, “I'm tearing up because I know what our bank balance looks like.” After all the speechifying, thanking of ... «New Paltz Times, Jul 15»
8
MS Dhoni: What makes him such a successful batsman?
How does anyone score even 1,000 runs by poking, lunging, and dabbing the ball as much as Dhoni did? Dhoni scored nearly 5,000 runs. «Cricket Country, Jul 15»
9
On the eve of Srebrenica's 20th anniversary
'I can't admit that, I can't accept that,' says Mrs Mustafic, dabbing at her eyes with her headscarf as she recounts her story in a cafe close to the ... «Today's Zaman, Jul 15»
10
A Unique Journey—a Spiritual Voyage and a Quest for Freedom
... Chhabra noticed the Freedom Fighters who came and lit a candle — “Lakshmi Sahgal's tough military demeanour melted, I saw her dabbing ... «Mainstream, Jul 15»

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