| Dabb | n. (Zool.) A large, spine-tailed lizard (Uromastix spinipes), found in Egypt, Arabia, and Palestine; -- called also dhobb, and dhubb. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Dabber | n. That with which one dabs; hence, a pad or other device used by printers, engravers, etc., as for dabbing type or engraved plates with ink. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Dabble | v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Dabbled p. pr. & vb. n. Dabbling ] [ 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. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Dabble | v. i. 1. To play in water, as with the hands; to paddle or splash in mud or water. [ 1913 Webster ] Where the duck dabbles 'mid the rustling sedge. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ] During the first year at Dumfries, Burns for the first time began to dabble in politics. J. C. Shairp. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Dabbler | n. 1. One who dabbles. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. One who dips slightly into anything; a superficial meddler. “our dabblers in politics.” Swift. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Dabblingly | adv. In a dabbling manner. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| dabble | (v) dip a foot or hand briefly into a liquid |
| dabble | (v) play in or as if in water, as of small children, Syn. splash around, paddle |
| dabble | (v) work with in an amateurish manner, Syn. play around, smatter, Example: She dabbles in astronomy; He plays around with investments but he never makes any money |
| dabble | (v) bob forward and under so as to feed off the bottom of a body of water, Example: dabbling ducks |
| dabbler | (n) an amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge, Syn. dilettante, sciolist |
| dabbling duck | (n) any of numerous shallow-water ducks that feed by upending and dabbling, Syn. dabbler, Ant. diving duck |
| ちょっかい | [chokkai] (n) meddle; dabble; make a pass at [Add to Longdo] |
| びちゃびちゃ | [bichabicha] (adj-na, adv, n, vs) splashing; dabbling [Add to Longdo] |
| ぽちゃぽちゃ;ちゃぽちゃぽ;ぼちゃぼちゃ;ぴちゃぴちゃ;ピチャピチャ | [pochapocha ; chapochapo ; bochabocha ; pichapicha ; pichapicha] (adv, n, vs) (1) splash water; dabble in water; splashing sound; (adj-f) (2) (ぽちゃぽちゃ only) plump; chubby [Add to Longdo] |
| 食い散らす | [くいちらす, kuichirasu] (v5s, vt) (1) to eat untidily; to eat a bit of everything; (2) to dabble; to do a bit of this and a bit of that [Add to Longdo] |
| 生噛じり;生齧り;生かじり | [なまかじり, namakajiri] (n, vs) (1) superficial knowledge; smattering; (2) dabbler; dilettante; (3) dipping into [Add to Longdo] |
| 生禅 | [なまぜん, namazen] (n) (See 野狐禅) self-styled Zen philosophy; sciolism; dabbling in Zen [Add to Longdo] |
| 巴鴨 | [ともえがも;トモエガモ, tomoegamo ; tomoegamo] (n) (uk) Baikal teal (species of dabbling duck, Anas formosa) [Add to Longdo] |
| 野狐禅 | [やこぜん, yakozen] (n) (See 生禅) self-styled Zen philosophy; sciolism; dabbling in Zen [Add to Longdo] |
| 齧る;噛る;囓る | [かじる, kajiru] (v5r, vt) (1) to chew; to bite (at); to gnaw; to nibble; to munch; to crunch; to have a smattering of; (2) to dabble in (e.g. hobby, instrument) [Add to Longdo] |
