Definitions for dabbles

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dabbles dab·ble

Spelling: [dab-uh l]

IPA: /ˈdæb əl/

Dabbles is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 199 anagrams from letters in dabbles (abbdels).

Definitions for dabbles

verb (used with object)

1. to wet slightly in or with a liquid; splash; spatter.
2. Chiefly South Midland U.S. to wash or rinse off lightly.

verb (used without object)

1. to play and splash in or as if in water, especially with the hands.
2. to work at anything in an irregular or superficial manner:
3. (of a duck) to feed on shallow-water vegetation with rapid, splashing movements of the bill.

Origin of dabbles

1550-60; probably dab¹ + -le; compare Dutch dabbelen, dabben

Examples for dabbles

Then, about five years ago, I had this urge to dabble with it again.

I said I didn't think it was any use to dabble; we ought to go to the root of everything.

At Vernon, his sickly condition did not permit him, when a child, to go and dabble in the Seine.

For gay or straight performers, and those who dabble in both, there's no industry standard for safety.

Did you dabble in a bit of liquid courage before your Sin City dance scenes?

In the interim, Herring took a short break from the band to dabble in his side-project—rapping under the moniker Hemlock Ernst.

But for this the turf would be a very poor thing to dabble in.

Hourani began to dabble with a myriad of artistic careers, from model scouting to styling to art direction.

"It is not an alchemy in which myself I dabble," he said slowly.

Marjorie was saying as she continued to dabble in the water.