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dabble
(encz) | dabble,fušovat v: účastnit se činnosti, ale nedělat ji vážně David
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Dabble
(gcide) | Dabble \Dab"ble\, v. i.
1. To play in water, as with the hands; to paddle or splash
in mud or water.
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Where the duck dabbles 'mid the rustling sedge.
--Wordsworth.
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2. To work in slight or superficial manner; to do in a small
way; to tamper; to meddle. "Dabbling here and there with
the text." --Atterbury.
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During the first year at Dumfries, Burns for the
first time began to dabble in politics. --J. C.
Shairp.
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Dabble
(gcide) | Dabble \Dab"ble\ (d[a^]b"b'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dabbled
(d[a^]b"b'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Dabbling (d[a^]b"bl[i^]ng).]
[Freq. of dab: cf. OD. dabbelen.]
To wet by little dips or strokes; to spatter; to sprinkle; to
moisten; to wet. "Bright hair dabbled in blood." --Shak.
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dabble
(wn) | dabble
v 1: dip a foot or hand briefly into a liquid
2: play in or as if in water, as of small children [syn:
dabble, paddle, splash around]
3: work with in an amateurish manner; "She dabbles in
astronomy"; "He plays around with investments but he never
makes any money" [syn: dabble, smatter, play around]
4: bob forward and under so as to feed off the bottom of a body
of water; "dabbling ducks" |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
dabble
(encz) | dabble,fušovat v: účastnit se činnosti, ale nedělat ji vážně David
Kredba |
dabbled
(encz) | dabbled,montoval se do v: web |
dabbler
(encz) | dabbler,fušer n: web |
Bedabble
(gcide) | Bedabble \Be*dab*ble\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bedabbled; p. pr. &
vb. n. Bedabbling.]
To dabble; to sprinkle or wet. --Shak.
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Bedabbled
(gcide) | Bedabble \Be*dab*ble\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bedabbled; p. pr. &
vb. n. Bedabbling.]
To dabble; to sprinkle or wet. --Shak.
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Dabbled
(gcide) | Dabble \Dab"ble\ (d[a^]b"b'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dabbled
(d[a^]b"b'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Dabbling (d[a^]b"bl[i^]ng).]
[Freq. of dab: cf. OD. dabbelen.]
To wet by little dips or strokes; to spatter; to sprinkle; to
moisten; to wet. "Bright hair dabbled in blood." --Shak.
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Dabbler
(gcide) | Dabbler \Dab"bler\ (d[a^]b"bl[~e]r), n.
1. One who dabbles.
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2. One who dips slightly into anything; a superficial
meddler. "our dabblers in politics." --Swift.
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dabble
(wn) | dabble
v 1: dip a foot or hand briefly into a liquid
2: play in or as if in water, as of small children [syn:
dabble, paddle, splash around]
3: work with in an amateurish manner; "She dabbles in
astronomy"; "He plays around with investments but he never
makes any money" [syn: dabble, smatter, play around]
4: bob forward and under so as to feed off the bottom of a body
of water; "dabbling ducks" |
dabbled
(wn) | dabbled
adj 1: covered with bright patches (often used in combination);
"waves dabbled with moonlight"; "a blood-spattered room";
"gardens splashed with color"; "kitchen walls splattered
with grease" [syn: dabbled, spattered, splashed,
splattered] |
dabbler
(wn) | dabbler
n 1: an amateur who engages in an activity without serious
intentions and who pretends to have knowledge [syn:
dabbler, dilettante, sciolist]
2: any of numerous shallow-water ducks that feed by upending and
dabbling [syn: dabbling duck, dabbler] [ant: {diving
duck}] |
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