dabble

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verb

1. dip a foot or hand briefly into a liquid (Freq. 1)
• Hypernyms:
dunk, dip, souse, plunge, douse
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something PP
2. play in or as if in water, as of small children
• Syn:
paddle, splash around
• Hypernyms:
play
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s
- Something is ----ing PP
- Somebody ----s PP
3. work with in an amateurish manner
- She dabbles in astronomy
- He plays around with investments but he never makes any money
• Syn:
smatter, play around
• Derivationally related forms:
dabbler
• Hypernyms:
busy, occupy
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s VERB-ing
- Somebody ----s
4. bob forward and under so as to feed off the bottom of a body of water
- dabbling ducks
• Hypernyms:
bob
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  smatter, play around, paddle, splash around