Also presents potential use as a verb, by the standard verbing operation which results in dovving. Extensions to other parts of speech include dovvable, etc.

2. pejorative term to describe an empty boast or an unsubstantianted wild claim. Similar in spirit (but not in flesh!) to olu or burde

A mom-and-pop motel after your own heart.

Typically run by family concerns, dhabas look like makeshift affairs from a distance. But they double up as rest areas for long-distance drivers, with cots, bedding and other overnight supplies offered to you in the finest tradition of South Asian hospitality.

You may spend a lazy afternoon on their sturdy, comfortable cots, or even stay overnight at a nominal price. Dhabas offer great food (sometimes oily) and form a huge part of the romantic appeal of traveling on South Asian roads. The food can be particularly spicy, and a piping hot dal tadka, sabzi, roti, rice and butter chicken at a quaint dhaba on a sweltering, dusty North Indian highway has its own vicarious charm.