( intransitive ) To use a dibble to make holes in the soil.1955, C S Lewis, chapter 12, in The Magician's Nephew (The Chronicles of Narnia 1), London: The Bodley Head, ?OCLC republished London: Collins, 1998, ?ISBN: It was Digory who had the bright idea of eating four each and planting the ninth for, as he said, 'if the bar off the lamp-post turned into a little light-tree, why shouldn’t this turn into a toffee-tree?' So they dibbled a small hole in the turf and buried the piece of toffee.( transitive ) To make holes or plant seeds using, or as if using, a dibble.A pointed implement used to make holes in the ground in which to set out plants or to plant seeds.ĭibble ( third-person singular simple present dibbles, present participle dibbling, simple past and past participle dibbled).Possibly dib ( “ to dab lightly ” ) +? -le ( “ frequentative suffix indicating repetition or continuousness ” ) however, the word dibble is attested earlier than dib. ( Received Pronunciation, General American ) IPA (key): /?d?b(?)l/.Weiner, editors (1989), “dabble, v.”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, volume IV (Creel–Duzepere), 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ?ISBN, page 207, columns 2–3 An act of participation in an activity in a casual or superficial way.An act of splashing in soft mud, water, etc.A spattering or sprinkling of a liquid.( to make slightly wet or soiled ) : bespatter, besprinkle, spatter.

( intransitive, obsolete ) To interfere or meddle in to tamper with.( intransitive, figuratively ) To participate or have an interest in an activity in a casual or superficial way.( transitive ) To cause splashing by moving a body part like a bill or limb in soft mud, water, etc., often playfully to play in shallow water to paddle.( transitive ) To make slightly wet or soiled by spattering or sprinkling a liquid (such as water, mud, or paint) on it to bedabble.( General American ) IPA (key): /?dæb?l/ĭabble ( third-person singular simple present dabbles, present participle dabbling, simple past and past participle dabbled).( Received Pronunciation ) IPA (key): /?dæb(?)l/.From earlier dable, equivalent to dab +? -le ( frequentative suffix ), possibly from Middle Dutch dabbelen ( “ to pinch knead to fumble to dabble ” ) cognate with Icelandic dafla ( “ to dabble ” ).

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