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Definition: DABBER |
DABBERNoun1. 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. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Fine Arts | Print coloured copperplate engraving by dabbing colours on to plate and printing at single impression. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
dabber | 12 |
bingo dabber | 11 |
dabber drascombe | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "DABBER"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | tampon (canvas, compress, pad, pledget, plug, sponge, swab, tampon). (various references) | |
Dutch | tampon (canvas, compress, pad, pledget, plug, sponge, swab, tampon, wick). (various references) | |
Farsi | نم زدن (Baste, Dabble, Sauce), ضربه زدن (Butt, Layon), الت نم زدن , رنگ زدن (Complexion, Tincture). (various references) | |
French | tirer la poupée, poupée. (various references) | |
German | Tampon (canvas, compress, pad, pledget, plug, sponge, swab, tampon), Filzwalze (canvas). (various references) | |
Greek | ταμπόν (canvas, ink pad, packing, paint pad, tampon). (various references) | |
Italian | tampone (bott, buffer, canvas, compress, pad, pledget, plug, sponge, stopper, swab, swob, tampon, tent, wad). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | abberday.(various references) | |
Portuguese | tintar com boneca (canvas), boneca (bunch, canvas, doll, Dolly, dummy, poppet, poppet valve, puppet). (various references) | |
Spanish | rollo (bolt, canvas, coil, crossbar, doughnut, jazz, reel, roll, spiel, twist), muñequilla estopada (canvas), jirón (canvas, shred, wisp), escudete (bud, bud shield, canvas, chip bud, escutcheon, gusset, scutcheon, shield). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | người xoa nhẹ người chấm nhẹ, người vỗ nhẹ, người thấm nhẹ nùi vải, người đánh nhẹ, nùi bông (flue, fluey). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "DABBER": dabbers. (additional references) | |
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"DABBER" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: dabar, dabe, d'abord, D'alberi, D'ambert, dambor, Debbeh, Djabord, dobber, dober, Dubber, dubbier. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "DABBER" (pronounced 'Dab"ber'): Accumber, Antenumber, Assober, Beblubber, Berber, Beslabber, Beslobber, Beslubber, Bibber, Blabber, Blobber, Bobber, Clubber, Clumber, Crabber, Craber, December, Dibber, Discumber, Disencumber, Dismember, Disremember, Drabber, Dribber, Drubber, Encomber, Encumber, Ensober, fibber, Gabber, grabber, Gueber, Guebre, Inchamber, Incomber, Jibber, jobber, Liber, lubber, Megaweber, Microweber, Milliweber, Misnumber, misremember, Nonmember, November, October, Outnumber, remember, robber, rubber, Scomber, Scraber, scrubber, Sea-blubber, September, Slibber, stabber, Swobber, tuber, Unencumber, Unlimber, Unmember, Webber. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: barbed. | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-b-d-e-r" | |
-1 letter: ardeb, barbe, barde, bared, beard, bread, debar. | |
-2 letters: abbe, abed, babe, bade, barb, bard, bare, bead, bear, brad, brae, bred, darb, dare, dear, drab, read. | |
-3 letters: arb, are, bad, bar, bed, bra, dab, deb, ear, ebb, era, rad, reb, red. | |
-4 letters: ab, ad, ae, ar, ba, be, de, ed, er, re. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-b-d-e-r" | |
+1 letter: crabbed, dabbers, dabbler, drabbed, drabber, drabbet, drabble, grabbed, rabbled. | |
+2 letters: absorbed, barbered, beebread, brabbled, brambled, breadbox, dabblers, drabbest, drabbets, drabbled, drabbles, grabbled, jabbered, rabbeted, rabbited, rehabbed, unbarbed, yabbered. | |
+3 letters: abradable, barbecued, barbequed, baseboard, beebreads, belabored, blabbered, bluebeard, bombarded, clabbered, prefabbed, scrabbled, slabbered. | |
+4 letters: aboveboard, adsorbable, barbarized, barebacked, bargeboard, baseboards, bedchamber, belaboured, bluebeards, bombardier, breadboard, breadboxes, breadcrumb, bridgeable, fiberboard, fibreboard, landlubber, reabsorbed, scabbarded, unabsorbed, unbarbered. | |
+5 letters: abbreviated, bargeboards, beaverboard, bedchambers, billboarded, birdbrained, blackbirded, blackbirder, boatbuilder, bombardiers, bombardment, breadbasket, breadboards, breadcrumbs, crabbedness, describable, fiberboards, fibreboards, grandbabies, landlubbers, redoubtable, redoubtably. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 41 42 42 45 52 |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.. .- -... -... . .-. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01000001 01000010 01000010 01000101 01010010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D A B B E R |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0041 0042 0042 0045 0052 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)383536363952 |
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