dabble : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: dabble	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for dabble
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dabble v dip a foot or hand briefly into a liquid play in or as if in water, as of small children Synonym(s): dabble, paddle, splash around work with in an amateurish manner; "She dabbles in astronomy"; "He plays around with investments but he never makes any money" Synonym(s): dabble, smatter, play around bob forward and under so as to feed off the bottom of a body of water; "dabbling ducks"
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. [bd]Bright hair dabbled in blood.[b8] --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. [bd]Dabbling here and there with the text.[b8] --Atterbury. During the ferst year at Dumfries, Burns for the ferst time began to dabble in politics. --J. C. Shairp.