Dabble

Verb

 * 1)  To partially wet (something) by splashing or dipping; connotes playfulness.
 * The children sat on the dock and dabbled their feet in the water.
 * 1)  To participate or have an interest in, but not so seriously.
 * She's an actress by trade, but has been known to dabble in poetry.

Derived terms

 * dabble in
 * dabbler

Thesaurus
asperge, be innocent of, bedabble, bedew, beguile the time, bespatter, besprinkle, burn daylight, consume time, coquet, coquet with, dally, damp, dampen, dash, dew, diddle, dip, doodle, douche, fiddle, fiddle with, fiddle-faddle, fidget with, finger with, flirt, fool, fool around, fool with, footle, fribble, fritter away time, frivol, give up, have no idea, horse around, hose, hose down, humect, humectate, humidify, idle, irrigate, jerk off, kid around, kill time, know a little, know not, know not what, know nothing of, loiter, lose time, mess around, moisten, monkey, monkey around, not know, not rightly know, paddle, pass, pass the time, piddle, play, play around, play with, potter, putter, scratch the surface, slobber, slop, slosh, smatter, sparge, spatter, splash, splatter, splotch, sponge, spot, spray, sprinkle, swash, syringe, tinker, toy, toy with, trifle, trifle with, twiddle, waste time, water, wet, wet down, wonder, wonder whether, wot not of

Translations

 * Bulgarian: пляскам, пръскам
 * Chinese: 溅湿


 * Dutch: ,
 * Italian:


 * Bulgarian: меся се, бъркам се
 * Chinese: 涉足


 * Dutch: liefhebberen
 * Italian:, occuparsi a tempo perso