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dabble
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əl
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uh
l
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verb,
-bled,
-bling.
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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to expurgate (a written work) by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar or objectionable.
to flee; abscond:
to spend time idly; loaf.
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Origin:
1550–60;
probably
dab
1
+
-le
;
compare
Dutch
dabbelen, dabben
Related forms
dab·bler,
noun
dab·bling·ly,
adverb
un·dab·bled,
adjective
Synonyms
2.
putter, fiddle, toy, dally.
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dabble
(ˈdæb
ə
l)
—
vb
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.
(
tr
) to daub, mottle, splash, or smear:
his face was dabbled with paint
[C16: probably from Dutch
dabbelen;
see
dab
1
]
'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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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