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
  • 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.
  • transitive verb. To wet by little dips or strokes; to spatter; to sprinkle; to moisten; to wet.
    • 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
    • Word Usage
    "The previous Transporter films have had Martin dabble with romance before (once with Asian actress Shu Qi and a brief flirtation in the last film with Amber Valetta)."
    cross-reference
    dribble  
    Form
    dabble in  dabbled  dabbler  dabbling  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Bob  busy  dip  douse  dunk  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Babel  Schnabel  Scrabble  babble  babel  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    asperge  be innocent of  bedabble  bedew  beguile the time  
    verb-form
    dabbled  dabbles  dabbling  
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