Verb

• S: (v) dabble (dabble%2:38:00::) (dip a foot or hand briefly into a liquid)
• S: (v) dabble (dabble%2:41:00::), paddle (paddle%2:41:00::), splash around (splash_around%2:41:00::) (play in or as if in water, as of small children)
• S: (v) dabble (dabble%2:41:01::), smatter (smatter%2:41:00::), play around (play_around%2:41:02::) (work with in an amateurish manner) "She dabbles in astronomy"; "He plays around with investments but he never makes any money"
• S: (v) dabble (dabble%2:38:01::) (bob forward and under so as to feed off the bottom of a body of water) "dabbling ducks"
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
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