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cycle n. 1 round, rotation, circle, course; series, sequence, run,
succession, pattern: We must learn to break the continuous
cycles of war and peace.
--v. 2 recur, return, rotate, recycle, circle: The water from
the fountain is cycled back to the reservoir.
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dab v. 1 daub, pat, tap, tamp, touch: Dab a little more paint into
the crevices.
--n. 2 touch, drop, trace, bit, mite, hint, suggestion, pinch,
dash, spot, tinge, Colloq dollop, smidgen or smidgin: Add just
a dab of mustard to the sauce. 3 daub, poke, pat, tap, touch:
Wipe it away with a dab of a damp cloth.
dabble v. 1 dip, splash, spatter, sprinkle, bespatter, besprinkle,
bedabble: I sat on the rock, dabbling my toes in the pool. 2
dabble in or with or at. tinker, trifle (with), potter or US
putter, dally, Colloq fool (around or about or with or about
with): She's not seriously interested in music - she just
dabbles in it.
dab hand n.phr. past master, expert, master, adept, authority, wizard,
Colloq ace: Oscar is a dab hand at wood-carving.
daft adj. 1 foolish, silly, giddy, senseless, absurd, ridiculous,
stupid, nonsensical, fatuous, fatuitous, imbecile or imbecilic,
idiotic, moronic, obtuse, cretinous, boneheaded, fat-headed,
dim-witted, witless, asinine, attocerebral, weak-minded,
simple-minded, brainless, feeble-minded, feather-brained,
rattle-brained, hare-brained, slow-witted, halfwitted,
fat-witted, addle-pated, addle-brained, Brit gormless; Colloq
dumb, dopey or dopy, daffy; Slang cock-eyed, US cockamamie or
cockamamy, running on 'Empty': He has the daft idea that he