tupfen.
to dab (to touch repeatedly with a soft, often moist, object)
Meaning & usage
to dab (to touch repeatedly with a soft, often moist, object)
Where this word comes from
From Middle High German tüpfen, tupfen (“to dip, to moisten”), from Old High German tuphen (“to dip, to moisten”), from Proto-Germanic *dupjaną; see *daupijaną (“to dip”). Cognate with English dip. The semantic development is due to association with Middle High German stuphen (“to poke”) and a dialectal (Central German) merger with unrelated tippen (“to tap”).
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