dabble

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• Australian, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈdæb.əl/
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• Australian, Received-Pronunciation: [ˈdæb.l̩]
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• Canada, General-American: /ˈdæb.əl/
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• Canada, General-American: [ˈdæb.l̩]
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• Canada, General-American: [ˈdɛəb.l̩]
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• rhymes with -æbəl
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• CMU ARPABET: D AE1 B AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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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”).

75 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• German: Planscherei — act of splashing in soft mud, water, etc.
• Spanish: chapoteo — act of splashing in soft mud, water, etc.
• Spanish: escarceo — act of participation in an activity in a casual or superficial way
• Spanish: diletantismo — act of participation in an activity in a casual or superficial way
• Czech: pocákat — to make slightly wet or soiled by spattering or sprinkling a liquid
• Czech: pošplíchat — to make slightly wet or soiled by spattering or sprinkling a liquid
• Finnish: kostuttaa — to make slightly wet or soiled by spattering or sprinkling a liquid
• Finnish: kastella — to make slightly wet or soiled by spattering or sprinkling a liquid
• Hungarian: megnedvesít — to make slightly wet or soiled by spattering or sprinkling a liquid
• Hungarian: benedvesít — to make slightly wet or soiled by spattering or sprinkling a liquid
• Hungarian: meglocsol — to make slightly wet or soiled by spattering or sprinkling a liquid
• Hungarian: bespriccel — to make slightly wet or soiled by spattering or sprinkling a liquid
• Hungarian: megmártogat — to make slightly wet or soiled by spattering or sprinkling a liquid
• Polish: babrać — to make slightly wet or soiled by spattering or sprinkling a liquid
• Polish: ubabrać — to make slightly wet or soiled by spattering or sprinkling a liquid
• Polish: zbabrać — to make slightly wet or soiled by spattering or sprinkling a liquid
• Bulgarian: пляскам (pljaskam) — to cause splashing by moving a body part in soft mud, water, etc.
• Bulgarian: пръскам (prǎskam) — to cause splashing by moving a body part in soft mud, water, etc.
• Chinese Mandarin: 玩水 (wánshuǐ) — to cause splashing by moving a body part in soft mud, water, etc.
• Chinese Mandarin: 濺濕 /溅湿 (jiànshī) — to cause splashing by moving a body part in soft mud, water, etc.
• Czech: cákat — to cause splashing by moving a body part in soft mud, water, etc.
• Czech: šplíchat — to cause splashing by moving a body part in soft mud, water, etc.
• Dutch: dompelen — to cause splashing by moving a body part in soft mud, water, etc.
• Dutch: spetteren — to cause splashing by moving a body part in soft mud, water, etc.
• Finnish: pärskiä — to cause splashing by moving a body part in soft mud, water, etc.
• Finnish: pärskyttää — to cause splashing by moving a body part in soft mud, water, etc.
• French: barboter — to cause splashing by moving a body part in soft mud, water, etc.
• Galician: humedecer — to cause splashing by moving a body part in soft mud, water, etc.
• German: platschen — to cause splashing by moving a body part in soft mud, water, etc.
• Hungarian: pancsol — to cause splashing by moving a body part in soft mud, water, etc.
• Hungarian: belepancsol — to cause splashing by moving a body part in soft mud, water, etc.
• Hungarian: pacsál — to cause splashing by moving a body part in soft mud, water, etc.
• Italian: sguazzare — to cause splashing by moving a body part in soft mud, water, etc.
• Japanese: ばちゃばちゃさせる (bachabacha saseru) — to cause splashing by moving a body part in soft mud, water, etc.
• Portuguese: umedecer — to cause splashing by moving a body part in soft mud, water, etc.
• Russian: плеска́ться (pleskátʹsja) — to cause splashing by moving a body part in soft mud, water, etc.
• Serbo-Croatian: brčkati — to cause splashing by moving a body part in soft mud, water, etc.
• Spanish: chapotear — to cause splashing by moving a body part in soft mud, water, etc.
• Turkish: sıçratmak — to cause splashing by moving a body part in soft mud, water, etc.
• Dutch: grondelen — of waterfowl, to feed with the head underwater without diving
• Finnish: ruokailla pää veden alla — of waterfowl, to feed with the head underwater without diving
• German: gründeln — of waterfowl, to feed with the head underwater without diving
• Russian: корми́ться со дна (kormítʹsja so dna) — of waterfowl, to feed with the head underwater without diving
• Bulgarian: меся се (mesja se) — to participate in a casual or superficial way
• Bulgarian: бъркам се (bǎrkam se) — to participate in a casual or superficial way
• Chinese Mandarin: 涉足 (shèzú) — to participate in a casual or superficial way
• Chinese Mandarin: 涉獵 /涉猎 (shèliè) — to participate in a casual or superficial way
• Czech: fušovat — to participate in a casual or superficial way
• Dutch: liefhebberen — to participate in a casual or superficial way
• Dutch: als liefhebberij hebben — to participate in a casual or superficial way
• Finnish: puuhastella — to participate in a casual or superficial way
• Finnish: harrastella — to participate in a casual or superficial way
• German: ein wenig befassen — to participate in a casual or superficial way
• German: dilettieren — to participate in a casual or superficial way
• Hungarian: belekontárkodik — to participate in a casual or superficial way
• Hungarian: beleszagol — to participate in a casual or superficial way
• Hungarian: amatőrködik — to participate in a casual or superficial way
• Hungarian: belekap — to participate in a casual or superficial way
• Hungarian: belekóstol — to participate in a casual or superficial way
• Hungarian: -kodik — to participate in a casual or superficial way
• Hungarian: -kedik — to participate in a casual or superficial way
• Hungarian: -ködik — to participate in a casual or superficial way
• Hungarian: -gat — to participate in a casual or superficial way
• Hungarian: -get — to participate in a casual or superficial way
• Italian: dilettarsi — to participate in a casual or superficial way
• Italian: occuparsi a tempo perso — to participate in a casual or superficial way
• Norwegian Bokmål: fuske — to participate in a casual or superficial way
• Russian: занима́ться пове́рхностно (zanimátʹsja povérxnostno) — to participate in a casual or superficial way
• Spanish: aventurarse en — to participate in a casual or superficial way
• Spanish: incursionar en — to participate in a casual or superficial way
• Spanish: experimentar con — to participate in a casual or superficial way
• Spanish: diletar — to participate in a casual or superficial way
• Spanish: escarcear — to participate in a casual or superficial way
• Spanish: hacer pinitos — to participate in a casual or superficial way
• Turkish: takılmak — to participate in a casual or superficial way