1 [V] ~ (in / with sth) to take part in a sport, an activity, etc. but not very seriously:
She is a talented musician but is content to just dabble. * He dabbles in local politics.
2 [VN] ~ sth (in sth) to move your hands, feet, etc. around in water:
She dabbled her toes in the stream.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for dabble is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is dabble a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, dabble is tagged as verb.
Does dabble appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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