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To dabble about or all over with moisture; make something wet by sprinkling or spattering water, paint, or other liquid on it.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- 1912, Charles Egbert Craddoc (pseudonym of Mary Noailles Murfree), “The Crucial Moment” in The Raid of the Guerilla and Other Stories, Philadelphia: Lippincott, [...] the weapon in Jeffrey's hand was discharged in his latest impulse of action after he fell to the floor, the blood gushing from a wound that crimsoned all the delicate whiteness of his shirt-front and bedabbled his snowy hair and beard.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h1épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h1epider. Proto-Indo-European *h1pi Proto-Germanic *bider. Proto-Germanic *bi- Proto-West Germanic *bi- Old English be- Middle English bi- English be- English dabble English bedabble From be- + dabble.
Across languages
Translations
6 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Bulgarian:
изпръсквам
(izprǎskvam)
— to make wet
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Bulgarian:
нацапвам
(nacapvam)
— to make wet
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Finnish:
kastella
— to make wet
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Russian:
бры́згать
(brýzgatʹ)
— to make wet
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Russian:
забры́згивать
(zabrýzgivatʹ)
— to make wet
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Russian:
забры́згать
(zabrýzgatʹ)
— to make wet
