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🤏 To touch lightly 🤏 A light touch 🧈 A small amount 🕺 To dance 🕺 A dance move 💨 To inhale concentrate
to dab

to dab

1 9.9
To inhale strong marijuana vapor using a special pipe
  • verb
  • /dæb/
  • NSFW
: hacer un dab
  • Before attending the concert, she decided to dab some high-quality hash oil for a stronger effect.

Examples

  • After using the specialized rig, he took a dab of the concentrate and felt its effects immediately.

  • So so did you take a dab today, this morning?

  • All right, I just took a dab of Blairs, my cadet sauce with Liquid Rage.

  • I'm sorry, I would say I'm done dabbing, but I know that's not true.

  • Many users prefer to dab cannabis concentrates for a more potent experience compared to traditional methods.

Synonyms

to toke
vsto dab
  • NSFW
5 9.5

To breathe in smoke from a marijuana cigarette

involves inhaling vaporized concentrated cannabis rather than smoke from burning
to vape
vsto dab
  • Neologism
5 6.3

To breathe in and out vapor from an electronic cigarette

focuses on inhaling vapor of concentrated cannabis using special heating gear

Compounds

sand dab
  • US
1 8.4

A small flat fish like a flounder from the west coast of North America eaten as food

corn dab
  • US
8.6

A small oval cake made with cornmeal that is fried or baked

Surface Forms

dab infinitive
dabbed past
dabbed past participle
dabbing present participle
dabs third person singular

Etymology

Dab. The sense of dab for inhaling concentrated cannabis comes from the small 'dab' of oil people put on a hot surface to vaporize, so the name comes from using a tiny drop that gives a strong effect.