Dabble \Dab"ble\ (d[a^]b"b'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dabbled} (d[a^]b"b'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Dabbling} (d[a^]b"bl[i^]ng).] [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.
Dabble \Dab"ble\, v. i. 1. To play in water, as with the hands; to paddle or splash in mud or water.
Where 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 first year at Dumfries, Burns for the first time began to dabble in politics. --J. C. Shairp.
Jekyll had problems and turned into Mr. Hyde after experimenting with drugs," said the actor, adding that he did not dabble in drugs himself.
Alonzo Torres, a Miami Cuban who says he used to "dabble" in the drug trade but now comes only for the fishing, recalls pulling up to a dock in 1986 in a $35,000 hot-rod speedboat.
Her husband is stuck in California, so she's come ahead to dabble in archaeology and begin an affair with an American internist she's been flirting with for months.
But by the time his father died, in 1884, he had begun to dabble in art, and within a few years had devoted himself to painting with results that were distinguished indeed.
When Mrs Thatcher took the decisions there was no need for others to dabble in the world of ideas.
Four of the traders are members of the New York Commodities Exchange, and Wall Street sources said they only dabble in stocks.
He plans to concentrate on his new consulting firm, tentatively named Stockman & Co., while continuing to dabble in deals.
Under the plan, Nymex's platinum traders would have shifted to an empty Comex pit next to Comex's gold traders, which would have encouraged traders to dabble in both metals.
As West Germany slips away from its past reticence to dabble in world politics, Bonn is jostling Paris as a center of power.
Some people, like Caroline's friend, dabble in both. Pushkar's tranquility, idyllic setting and air of authentic spirituality have made it a popular pit-stop on the Indian tourist circuit.
PLE's training, while not nearly as rigorous as the monthslong courses given federal Drug Enforcement Agency agents, is considered superior to that of many small agencies that only dabble in undercover work.
But rather than dabble in regular mutual funds, these investment advisers suggest buying into downtrodden sectors by using a peculiar variety of investment fund known as "closed-end" funds.