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Synonyms for dabble
ˈdæb əl
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Princeton's WordNet
dabble(verb)
dip a foot or hand briefly into a liquid
Synonyms:
play around, splash around, smatter, paddledabble, paddle, splash around(verb)
play in or as if in water, as of small children
Synonyms:
splash around, dodder, toddle, smatter, totter, spank, play around, larrup, paddle, waddle, coggledabble, smatter, play around(verb)
work with in an amateurish manner
"She dabbles in astronomy"; "He plays around with investments but he never makes any money"
Synonyms:
fool around, splash around, babble, blether, smatter, blather, play around, paddle, blitherdabble(verb)
bob forward and under so as to feed off the bottom of a body of water
"dabbling ducks"
Synonyms:
play around, splash around, smatter, paddle
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
Dictionary of English Synonymes
dabble(v. a.)
dabble(v. n.)
Synonyms:
play in water, splash aboutdabble(v. n.)
Synonyms:
work superficially, make slight efforts, fritter away timedabble(v. n.)
Synonyms:
tamper, meddle, take liberties
Words popularity by usage frequency
| rank | word | |
|---|---|---|
| #2456 | mix | |
| #9559 | spank | |
| #16059 | paddle | |
| #26237 | skim | |
| #32248 | babble | |
| #48580 | trifle | |
| #56170 | blather | |
| #69175 | meddle | |
| #72968 | waddle | |
| #79937 | dabble | |
| #122677 | totter | |
| #155506 | toddle | |
| #158469 | dodder |
How to use dabble in a sentence?
Poetry is an art, and chief of the fine arts; the easiest to dabble in, the hardest to reach true perfection.
I don't have a TV show. You're not going to have a huge following unless you have a franchise or a creature -- something that gets in your imagination, whereas I just kind of dabble in children's books, everything that I do is sort of that way.
Translations for dabble
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- пръскам, меся се, бъркам се, пляскамBulgarian
- ein wenig befassen, platschenGerman
- επιψαύωGreek
- chapotearSpanish
- barboterFrench
- dilettarsi, occuparsi a tempo perso, sguazzareItalian
- ばちゃばちゃJapanese
- als liefhebberij hebben, dompelen, spetteren, liefhebberenDutch
- DabblePortuguese
- плескаться, заниматься поверхностноRussian
- brčkatiSerbo-Croatian
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