'Dabble' definitions:

Definition of 'dabble'

From: WordNet
verb
Dip a foot or hand briefly into a liquid
verb
Play in or as if in water, as of small children [syn: dabble, paddle, splash around]
verb
Work with in an amateurish manner; "She dabbles in astronomy"; "He plays around with investments but he never makes any money" [syn: dabble, smatter, play around]
verb
Bob forward and under so as to feed off the bottom of a body of water; "dabbling ducks"

Definition of 'Dabble'

From: GCIDE
  • Dabble \Dab"ble\ (d[a^]b"b'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dabbled (d[a^]b"b'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Dabbling (d[a^]b"bl[i^]ng).] [Freq. of dab: cf. OD. dabbelen.] To wet by little dips or strokes; to spatter; to sprinkle; to moisten; to wet. "Bright hair dabbled in blood." --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Dabble'

From: GCIDE
  • Dabble \Dab"ble\, v. i.
  • 1. To play in water, as with the hands; to paddle or splash in mud or water. [1913 Webster]
  • Where the duck dabbles 'mid the rustling sedge. --Wordsworth. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To work in slight or superficial manner; to do in a small way; to tamper; to meddle. "Dabbling here and there with the text." --Atterbury. [1913 Webster]
  • During the first year at Dumfries, Burns for the first time began to dabble in politics. --J. C. Shairp. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'dabble'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Dabble'