to dabble

Examples

• All

• The first half disappeared quickly, but then she started playing with it, morosely dabbling her spoon in the melting ice cream.

  Fiction book (1992)

• They sat together by the minnow brook, dabbling their toes in the water.

  Fiction book (1993)

• So when I water, I'll make sure to dabble, dabble, dribble a little water down in that window basket.

  Garden Answer

• She had to try without the ring sooner or later, or she could never do more than dabble her toes where she dreamed of swimming.

  Fiction book (1992)

• "Me, too," I said, noticing that Roger Maginnes was smiling up at me while his wife dabbled with her spoon at some dessert.

  Fiction book (1996)

• He sees his white fingers, with the big moons on their fingernails, absent-mindedly dabbling at the bottom of the bowl of munchies, as if he is trying to pick up the intertwined V's.

  Fiction book (1990)

• The children love to dabble their hands in the fountain on hot days.

• She decided to dabble her toes in the lake before jumping in.

Synonyms

P

to paddle

vsto dabble

7 2.5

To play or move in shallow water by splashing

dip or splash lightly in water focusing on small playful motions

How Deep

to immerse

9 4.2

to wade

22 2.2

to dip

146 1.0

to dabble

1 4.8

to touch

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology