dabbing

Gently pressing cloth

Dabbing is a dance move where you tuck your face into a bent elbow while extending the other arm outward, as if sneezing into your sleeve while pointing.

The move became a viral celebration gesture in the mid-2010s, especially in sports and hip-hop culture: He scored and started dabbing.

Separately, dabbing refers to inhaling vaporized cannabis concentrates called dabs.

viral

meme

Shared online humor

trending · hashtag · shareable · sensation · spread · craze · phenomenon · parody · reaction · compilation

hiphop

Migos

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hip-hop · ad-lib · swagger · flex · braggadocio · crew · culture · urban · street · mainstream

dance

pose

Deliberate bodily arrangement

Migos · choreography · routine · tutorial · how-to · kids · cringe · overused · dated

Categories
Opposites
pressure/force of application

dabbinggrinding

Molar action sometimes

smashing · pounding · crushing · bearing down · pushing

motion type

dabbingwiping

Rubbing to clean

rubbing · smearing · stroking · spreading · sweeping

contact vs. avoidance

dabbingsoaking

Completely saturated with liquid

drenching · avoiding · immersing · saturating · dousing

Family

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Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G