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English Dictionary: Dimple by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dimple
n
  1. a chad that has been punched or dimpled but all four corners are still attached
    Synonym(s): dimpled chad, pregnant chad, dimple
  2. any slight depression in a surface; "there are approximately 336 dimples on a golf ball"
  3. 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"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dimple \Dim"ple\, v. t.
      To mark with dimples or dimplelike depressions. --Shak.

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.
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