Dabble

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  • intransitive verb. To splash or spatter with or as if with a liquid.
  • intransitive verb. To splash liquid gently and playfully.
  • intransitive verb. To undertake something superficially or without serious intent.
  • intransitive verb. To feed by moving the bill back and forth just below the surface or on the bottom in shallow water. Used of ducks.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To dip a little and often; hence, to wet; moisten; spatter; sprinkle.
  • To play in water, as with the hands; splash or play, as in water.
  • To do anything in a slight or superficial manner; touch or try here and there; dip into anything: with in: as, to dabble in railway shares; to dabble in literature.
  • To tamper; meddle.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To wet by little dips or strokes; to spatter; to sprinkle; to moisten; to wet.
  • intransitive verb. To play in water, as with the hands; to paddle or splash in mud or water.
  • intransitive verb. To work in slight or superficial manner; to do in a small way; to tamper; to meddle.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To partially wet (something) by splashing or dipping; connotes playfulness.
  • verb. To participate or have an interest in, but not so seriously.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. work with in an amateurish manner
  • verb. bob forward and under so as to feed off the bottom of a body of water
  • verb. dip a foot or hand briefly into a liquid
  • verb. play in or as if in water, as of small children