verb
- Dip a foot or hand briefly into a liquid.
- synonyms: dabble
- Play in or as if in water, as of small children.
- synonyms: dabble, paddle, splash around
- Work with in an amateurish manner.
- usage: "She dabbles in astronomy"; "He plays around with investments but he never makes any money"
- synonyms: dabble, smatter, play around
- Bob forward and under so as to feed off the bottom of a body of water.
- usage: "dabbling ducks"
- synonyms: dabble
adjective
- Covered with bright patches (often used in combination. )
- usage: "waves dabbled with moonlight"; "a blood-spattered room"; "gardens splashed with color"; "kitchen walls splattered with grease"
- synonyms: spattered, splashed, splattered
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