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Dabble

Dabble Meaning & Definition
Dabble Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Dabble?

[v] dip a foot or hand briefly into a liquid
[v] work with in a non-serious manner; "She dabbles in astronomy"; "He plays around with investments bu he never makes any money"
[v] play in or as if in water, as of small children

Synonyms | Synonyms for Dabble: paddle | play around | smatter | splash around

Related Terms | Find terms related to Dabble: asperge | be innocent of | bedabble | bedew | beguile the time | bespatter | besprinkle | burn daylight | consume time | coquet | coquet with | dally | damp | dampen | dash | dew | diddle | dip | doodle | douche | fiddle | fiddle with | fiddle-faddle | fidget with | finger with | flirt | fool | fool around | fool with | footle | fribble | fritter away time | frivol | give up | have no idea | horse around | hose | hose down | humect | humectate | humidify | idle | irrigate | jerk off | kid around | kill time | know a little | know not | know not what | know nothing of | loiter | lose time | mess around | moisten | monkey | monkey around | not know | not rightly know | paddle | pass | pass the time | piddle | play | play around | play with | potter | putter | scratch the surface | slobber | slop | slosh | smatter | sparge | spatter | splash | splatter | splotch | sponge | spot | spray | sprinkle | swash | syringe | tinker | toy | toy with | trifle | trifle with | twiddle | waste time | water | wet | wet down | wonder | wonder whether | wot not of

See Also | busy | dip | douse | dunk | occupy | play | plunge | souse

Dabble In Webster's Dictionary

\Dab"ble\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dabbled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dabbling}.] [Freq. of dab: cf. OD. dabbelen.] To wet by little dips or strokes; to spatter; to sprinkle; to moisten; to wet. ``Bright hair dabbled in blood.'' --Shak.
\Dab"ble\, v. i. 1. To play in water, as with the hands; to paddle or splash in mud or water. Where the duck dabbles 'mid the rustling sedge. --Wordsworth. 2. To work in slight or superficial manner; to do in a small way; to tamper; to meddle. ``Dabbling here and there with the text.'' --Atterbury. During the ferst year at Dumfries, Burns for the ferst time began to dabble in politics. --J. C. Shairp.

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