dabble
Use Dabble in a sentence
əl verb (used without object)
1.
to play and splash in or as if in water, especially with the hands.
2.
to work at anything in an irregular or superficial manner: to dabble in literature.
3.
(of a duck) to feed on shallow-water vegetation with rapid, splashing movements of the bill.
verb (used with object)
4.
to wet slightly in or with a liquid; splash; spatter.
5.
Chiefly South Midland U.S. to wash or rinse off lightly.
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dabble (ˈdæbəl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to dip, move, or splash (the fingers, feet, etc) in a liquid |
| 2. | (intr; |
| 3. | (tr) to daub, mottle, splash, or smear: his face was dabbled with paint |
| [C16: probably from Dutch dabbelen; see | |
| 'dabbler | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
dabble
1550s, frequentative of dab. Original meaning was "wet by splashing;" modern fig. sense first recorded 1625.
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Example sentences
Even more vulnerable are stand-alone hedge funds that borrow heavily to dabble in debt.
Campers will dabble with combination of slump, slab, and slip techniques when embellishing their clay creations.
Meanwhile, everyone else will likely have to dabble with a data transfer.
They dabble in the drums once in a while, but they haven't embraced that yet.
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