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dabbled

 
Adjective dabbled has 1 sense
  1. dabbled, spattered, splashed, splashy, splattered - covered patchily; often used in combination; "waves dabbled with moonlight"; "a blood-spattered room"; "gardens splashed with color"; "kitchen walls splattered with grease"
    Antonym: uncovered (indirect, via covered)
Verb dabble has 3 senses
  1. dabble - dip a foot or hand briefly into a liquid
    --1 is one way to
    dunk, dip, souse, plunge, douse
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something PP
  2. dabble, paddle, splash around - play in or as if in water, as of small children
    --2 is one way to play
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Somebody ----s
    Something is ----ing PP
    Somebody ----s PP
  3. dabble, smatter, play around - work with in a non-serious manner; "She dabbles in astronomy"; "He plays around with investments bu he never makes any money"
    --3 is one way to busy, occupy
    Derived form: noun dabbler1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s VERB-ing
    => Somebody ----s
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