Definitions for dimple

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dimple dim·ple

Spelling: [dim-puh l]

IPA: /ˈdɪm pəl/

Dimple is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 117 anagrams from letters in dimple (deilmp).

Definitions for dimple

noun

1. a small, natural hollow area or crease, permanent or transient, in some soft part of the human body, especially one formed in the cheek in smiling.
2. any similar slight depression.

verb (used with object)

1. to mark with or as if with dimples; produce dimples in:
2. Metalworking. to dent (a metal sheet) so as to permit use of bolts or rivets with countersunk heads. to mark (a metal object) with a drill point as a guide for further drilling.

verb (used without object)

1. to form or show dimples.

Origin of dimple

1350-1400; Middle English dimpel, Old English *dympel; cognate with German Tümpel pool

Examples for dimple

The glow returned to my wife's cheek, the dimple to the baby's.

It is whispered that if Maria gives her hand to Mr. dimple, it will be without her heart.

Certainly her dimple deepened a little as she relinquished the forlorn object.

When the salt starts to pop (from the water trapped in the salt crystal), slap down your burger, dimple side up.

It came back to earth smiling, with only a sort of dimple on one of its cheeks.

And will you pretend to say now, Mr. dimple, that you propose to break with Maria?

The reputation of my life does not depend upon the breath of a Mr. dimple.

He had been only vaguely conscious of the dimple in the night.

It should be mentioned that he had a dimple in his cheek which flashed unexpectedly when he smiled.

I have the honour to be Mr. dimple's servant, or, if you please, waiter.