dabbled

Definition of Dabbled in English :

Adjective

1. dabbled, spattered, splashed, splattered

covered with bright patches (often used in combination)

Example Sentences:
'waves dabbled with moonlight'
'a blood-spattered room'
'gardens splashed with color'
'kitchen walls splattered with grease'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Dabbled

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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

Dabbled

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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

Dabbled

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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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