Dab and Hand

Dab

Dab noun - A hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument.

Usage example: a bear can knock a man down with a simple dab of his paw

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Hand and dab are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Hand" instead a noun "Dab".

Hand noun - A person with a high level of knowledge or skill in a field.

Usage example: once she got her own place, the young woman showed that she was quite a hand at interior decoration

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Dab and hand are semantically related. (British) Sometimes you can use "Dab" instead a noun "Hand".

Nearby Words: handle, handy, handed, handful, handhold

huge	huge dab	huge hand
little	little dab	little hand

Suspiciously Similar Substitute: When Artie is temporarily assigned to Washington (to cover for Ross Martin's absence while he recovered from a heart attack), Jim gets a new partner, Jeremy Pike, who also happens to be a Master of Disguise and a dab hand with gadgets.

Source: Series / The Wild Wild West
However, he is a dab hand with a sling and often uses one when a missile weapon is required.

Source: Suffer the Slings
Snake charmers appear in the Nick Knatterton story The Indian Diamond Suitcase — it turns out Nick himself is a dab hand at this.

Source: Snake Charmer

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