dable Meaning, Definition & Usage

Dab"le intransitive verb

Definitions

1. To play in water, as with the hands; to paddle or splash in mud or water.

   Wher the duck dabbles mid the rustling sedge. Wordsworth.

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.

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