dab handnoun [ C ]
uk/ˌdæb ˈhænd/us/ˌdæb ˈhænd/UK informalsomeone who is very good at a particular activity:
She was a dab hand at tennis and played for her school.
Carlo's a dab hand in the kitchen (= good at cooking), isn't he?
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Experts and specialists
- a mine of information idiom
- academician
- authority
- boffin
- buff
- child prodigy
- consultant
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- know sth inside out idiom
- literati
- maven
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- resident
- superuser
- supremo
- techie
- technician
- technocracy
- technocrat
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