ENTRY NO. 0241 EXAMINED 2026-09-13 2 CONFIGURATIONS ON FILE

DABS

01 CANNABIS CONCENTRATE 02 DANCE MOVE
SENSE 01 noun PREVALENCE 67%

cannabis concentrate

A blob of waxy cannabis extract heated on a hot nail and inhaled, small in size, large in effect.
1

Variations

  • dab
  • dabbin'
  • dabbage
2

Origin

Emerged alongside the butane hash oil (BHO) extraction boom of the early 2010s, when dispensary culture needed a word for the tiny gob of concentrate you touch to a heated nail. Nobody agrees on who coined it first, which tracks for a scene built on garage chemistry and enthusiastic imprecision.

3

Examples

"She keeps a jar of shatter in the freezer specifically for dabs after her shift."
"He brought the torch and the titanium nail because house dabs hit different than pen hits."
"Three dabs in and he was explaining the multiverse to a houseplant."
4

Cultural context

Central to dab-rig culture and the broader shift from flower to concentrates as legalization matured; deploy freely among people who own a torch lighter, but expect a blank stare or a football-related tangent from anyone who thinks 'dab' is still a dance move.

SENSE 02 noun PREVALENCE 33%

dance move

Simultaneous arm bend and head turn, peaked around 2015 before collapsing under its own irony.
1

Variations

  • dab
  • dabbing
  • dab on 'em
2

Origin

The move surfaced in Atlanta's trap and hip-hop scene around 2014-2015, with rappers like Migos and Skippy Da Flippa credited as early adopters, though the exact first-dabber is as unverifiable as most dance-move origin myths.

3

Examples

"Every time he scored a touchdown he dabs like it's still 2016."
"The substitute teacher confiscated three phones because kids kept doing dabs during the fire drill."
"She dabs so hard at family reunions it's basically muscle memory at this point."
4

Cultural context

Cam Newton's touchdown celebrations and a Silento hit shoved the dab into mainstream visibility, after which dads, politicians, and youth pastors did it until the internet declared it legally dead; now it survives mostly as a nostalgia bit or a deliberate joke about being uncool.

STILL NOT IT?

If none of these configurations is the one you meant, the machine can run a fresh search and document the missing meaning.

Or is the entry itself wrong? File a correction — a human reads every one.