dabble

Definition of Dabble in English :

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Verb

1. dabble

dip a foot or hand briefly into a liquid

2. dabble, paddle, splash around

play in or as if in water, as of small children

3. dabble, play around, smatter

work with in an amateurish manner

Example Sentences:
'She dabbles in astronomy'
'He plays around with investments but he never makes any money'

4. dabble

bob forward and under so as to feed off the bottom of a body of water

Example Sentences:
'dabbling ducks'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Dabble

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verb

1.

to dip, move, or splash (the fingers, feet, etc) in a liquid

2. (intr; usually foll by in, with, or at)

to deal (with) or work (at) frivolously or superficially; play (at)

3. (transitive)

to daub, mottle, splash, or smear

his face was dabbled with paint

Dabble

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verb transitiveWord forms: ˈdabbled or ˈdabbling

1.

to dip lightly in and out of a liquid

2.

to wet by dipping, splashing, or sprinkling

verb intransitive

3.

to play in water, as with the hands

4.

to do something superficially, not seriously

with in or at

to dabble in art

Dabble

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v. dab·bled, dab·bling, dab·bles

v. tr.

1. To splash or dip repeatedly in a liquid: The children dabbled their feet in the pool.

2. Archaic To splash or spatter with drops of a liquid: “Then came wand'ring by / A shadow like an angel, with bright hair / Dabbled in blood” (William Shakespeare).

v. intr.

1. To splash liquid gently and playfully.

2. To undertake something superficially or without serious intent: “The restaurant business entails more than … dabbling in interior design” (Andy Birsh).

3. To feed by moving the bill back and forth just below the surface or on the bottom in shallow water. Used of ducks.

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