dab up (English, verb)
expansion: dab up (third-person singular simple present dabs up, present participle dabbing up, simple past and past participle dabbed up)
Senses:
glosses: To clean (usually a liquid spill) by dabbing; to soak up a fluid by dabbing (To press lightly in a repetitive motion with a soft object without rubbing).
tags: transitive
Forms:
form: dabs up
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: dabbing up
tags: participle
present
form: dabbed up
tags: participle
past
form: dabbed up
tags: past