Overview of verb dabble

The verb dabble has 4 senses

• dabble -- (dip a foot or hand briefly into a liquid)


• dabble, paddle, splash around -- (play in or as if in water, as of small children)


• dabble, smatter, play around -- (work with in an amateurish manner; "She dabbles in astronomy"; "He plays around with investments but he never makes any money")


• dabble -- (bob forward and under so as to feed off the bottom of a body of water; "dabbling ducks")

Overview of adj dabbled

The adj dabbled has 1 sense

• dabbled, spattered, splashed, splattered -- (covered with bright patches (often used in combination); "waves dabbled with moonlight"; "a blood-spattered room"; "gardens splashed with color"; "kitchen walls splattered with grease")