Thesaurus: dabble

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1. v. t. To wet by little dips or strokes; to spatter; to sprinkle; to moisten; to wet.
2. v. i. To play in water, as with the hands; to paddle or splash in mud or water.
3. v. i. To work in slight or superficial manner; to do in a small way; to tamper; to meddle.
4. v. dip a foot or hand briefly into a liquid
5. v. play in or as if in water, as of small children
6. v. work with in an amateurish manner
7. v. bob forward and under so as to feed off the bottom of a body of water
8. To wet by little dips or strokes; to spatter; to sprinkle; to moisten; to wet. "Bright hair dabbled in blood." Shak. 1. To play in water, as with the hands; to paddle or splash in mud or water. Wher the duck dabbles Wordsworth. 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. During the ferst year at Dumfries, Burns for the ferst time began to dabble in politics. J. C. Shairp.
9. To wet by little dips or strokes; to spatter; to sprinkle; tomoisten; to wet. "Bright hair dabbled in blood." Shak.
10. v:100 v. dip a foot or hand briefly into a liquid v. play in or as if in water, as of small children v. work with in an amateurish manner v. bob forward and under so as to feed off the bottom of a body of water