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dabbling Definition


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dabble
verb dabbled, dabbling
    tr & intr
    1. To move or shake (one's hand, foot, etc) about in water, especially playfully.
    intr
    2. To do something or study something without serious effort.
      Thesaurus: dally, toy, tinker, trifle, fiddle, flirt, dip into, fool with, fool around, potter around, putter around (US).
      Form: dabble at something (often)
      Form: dabble in something
      Form: dabble with something
noun
    1. An act of dabbling.
Derivative: dabbler
noun
    Someone who dabbles in some activity.
      Thesaurus: amateur, novice, beginner, tinkerer, dilettante; Antonym: expert, professional.
Derivative: dabbling
adj, noun
    Derivative: dabblingly
    adverb
      Etymology: 16c: from dab1 or Dutch dabbelen.



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