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💨 Vaporizing drugs 🕺 A dance move
dabbing

dabbing

8.6
A short dance move that drops the head while raising one arm like a sneeze
  • noun
  • /ˈdæbɪŋ/
  • Slang
translation icon : dab
  • The sports star celebrated his victory by dabbing on stage.

I think Logan Paul single handedly killed dabbing.

Examples

  • She learned dabbing from viral internet videos.

  • Many students performed dabbing during the school talent show.

  • Kids are dabbing!

  • Look, he's dabbing!

  • Many students performed dabbing during the school talent show.

  • The sports star celebrated his victory by dabbing on stage.

  • She learned dabbing from viral internet videos.

Synonyms

dab
vsdabbing
  • Texting
6 9.0

A quick dance move where you drop your head and raise one arm

is the same movement but expressed as an -ing verb form

Surface Forms

dabbing singular
dabbings plural

Morphology

dabbing = dab (transparent) = dab + ing

A regular present-participle/gerund formed from the verb 'dab' meaning the dance gesture, so the meaning follows directly from the base verb.

Etymology

Dabbing comes from the short verb dab, which means 'to touch lightly' and appears in phrases like 'a dab of paint'. The dance move looks like a quick touch to the face or a sneeze, so dabbing names that small, sharp motion.