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dabble
[ dab-uhl ]
verb (used without object)
- to play and splash in or as if in water, especially with the hands.
- to work at anything in an irregular or superficial manner:
to dabble in literature.
Synonyms: , , ,
- (of a duck) to feed on shallow-water vegetation with rapid, splashing movements of the bill.
verb (used with object)
- to wet slightly in or with a liquid; splash; spatter.
- Chiefly South Midland U.S. to wash or rinse off lightly.
dabble
/ ˈ»åæ²úÉ™±ô /
verb
- to dip, move, or splash (the fingers, feet, etc) in a liquid
- intr; usually foll by in, with, or at to deal (with) or work (at) frivolously or superficially; play (at)
- tr to daub, mottle, splash, or smear
his face was dabbled with paint
Derived Forms
- ˈ»å²¹²ú²ú±ô±ð°ù, noun
Other ˜yÐÄvlogs From
- »å²¹²úb±ô±ð°ù noun
- »å²¹²úb±ô¾±²Ô²µÂ·±ô²â adverb
- ³Ü²Ô·»å²¹²úb±ô±ð»å adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of dabble1
Example Sentences
She had dabbled with selling clothes online, but only part-time.
Landi was sentenced in absentia to 14 years, which led him to relocate to Dubai where he dabbled in crypto, hid money in Switzerland and skated around extradition treaties.
The celebrated independent filmmaker, known for movies such as Cannes Grand Prix winner “Broken Flowers†and “Stranger Than Paradise,†has been dabbling in the art form for decades, amassing hundreds of works.
Fashion firms including Hugo Boss and Levi Strauss & Co have also dabbled in using generative AI for product images.
Or worse, they dabbled in a spectacle of degradation—raunch culture epitomized by "Girls Gone Wild"—that was bizarrely packaged as liberation.
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