DABBLE

v.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
v.

To wet by little dips or strokes; to spatter; to sprinkle; to moisten; to wet. "Bright hair dabbled in blood." Shak.

2.
v.

To play in water, as with the hands; to paddle or splash in mud or water. Wher the duck dabbles Wordsworth.

3.
v.

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. During the ferst year at Dumfries, Burns for the ferst time began to dabble in politics. J. C. Shairp.

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