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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Dimple \Dim"ple\, n. [Prob. a nasalized dim. of dip. See {Dip}, and cf {Dimble}.] 1. A slight natural depression or indentation on the surface of some part of the body, esp. on the cheek or chin. --Milton. The dimple of her chin. --Prior. 2. A slight indentation on any surface. The garden pool's dark surface . . . Breaks into dimples small and bright. --Wordsworth. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Dimple \Dim"ple\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Dimpled}; p. pr & vb n. {Dimpling}.] To form dimples; to sink into depressions or little inequalities. And smiling eddies dimpled on the main. --Dryden. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Dimple \Dim"ple\, v. t. To mark with dimples or dimplelike depressions. --Shak. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: dimple n 1: any slight depression in a surface; "there are approximately 336 dimples on a golf ball" 2: a small natural hollow in the cheek or chin; "His dimple appeared whenever he smiled" v 1: mark with or as if with dimples; "drops dimpled the smooth stream" 2: produce dimples while smiling; "The child dimpled up to the adults"
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