Synonyms for dabble
ˈdæb əldab·ble

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1. dabble

   Synonyms:
   meddle, mix, trifle, skim

   Antonyms:
   study, elaborate, investigate, delve, dig, fathom, gauge

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1. dabbleverb

   dip a foot or hand briefly into a liquid

   Synonyms:
   play around, splash around, smatter, paddle

2. dabble, paddle, splash aroundverb

   play in or as if in water, as of small children

   Synonyms:
   splash around, dodder, toddle, smatter, totter, spank, play around, larrup, paddle, waddle, coggle

3. dabble, smatter, play aroundverb

   work with in an amateurish manner

   "She dabbles in astronomy"; "He plays around with investments but he never makes any money"

   Synonyms:
   fool around, splash around, babble, blether, smatter, blather, play around, paddle, blither

4. dabbleverb

   bob forward and under so as to feed off the bottom of a body of water

   "dabbling ducks"

   Synonyms:
   play around, splash around, smatter, paddle

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1. • Bob
   • Dip
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1. dabbleverb

   Synonyms:
   wet, spatter, sprinkle, moisten

2. dabbleverb

   Synonyms:
   play in water, splash about

3. dabbleverb

   Synonyms:
   work superficially, make slight efforts, fritter away time

4. dabbleverb

   Synonyms:
   tamper, meddle, take liberties

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How to use dabble in a sentence?

1. E.C. Stedman:

   Poetry is an art, and chief of the fine arts; the easiest to dabble in, the hardest to reach true perfection.

2. Rick Rieder:

   People are looking for storehouses of value, we've started to dabble a bit into it.

3. William Wegman:

   I don't have a TV show. You're not going to have a huge following unless you have a franchise or a creature -- something that gets in your imagination, whereas I just kind of dabble in children's books, everything that I do is sort of that way.