dab

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"People don't realise, but cod was not the go-to fish when fish and chip shops started about 160 years ago," he said, revealing that it was dab that first made up a fish supper.

From BBC • Feb. 16, 2026

A dab into the off side completed a sixth Test hundred and continued a remarkable record that has seen the left-hander make tons in his first matches in the West Indies, Australia and now England.

From BBC • Jun. 20, 2025

We’re smack dab in the middle of 2010 again.

From Salon • Feb. 5, 2025

Mencken, who was a dab hand at writing with great verve about how much he hated just about everything.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 22, 2024

When they turned to enter the house, I saw Mama dab at her eyes with her apron.

From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls