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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Dabble \Dab"ble\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dabbled}; p. pr & vb n. {Dabbling}.] [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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Dabble \Dab"ble\, v. i. 1. To play in water, as with the hands; to paddle or splash in mud or water. Where the duck dabbles 'mid the rustling sedge. --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 From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: dabble v 1: dip a foot or hand briefly into a liquid 2: play in or as if in water, as of small children [syn: {paddle}, {splash around}] 3: work with in a non-serious manner; "She dabbles in astronomy" [syn: {smatter}, {play at}, {dip into}, {dabble with}, {dabble at}, {dabble in}]
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