English-Thai Dictionary

dabble

VI ทำเล่นๆ  ไม่ จริงจัง  tinker trifle tham-ar-rai-len-len-mai-jing-jang

 

dabble

VI เล่น น้ำ  splash lan-nam

 

dabble at

PHRV ทำเล่นๆ  ทำ แบบ จับจด  จับจด  ทำไม่ จริงจัง  tam-len-len

 

dabble in

PHRV ทำเล่นๆ  ทำ แบบ จับจด  จับจด  ทำไม่ จริงจัง  tam-len-len

 

dabble with

PHRV ทำเล่นๆ  ทำ แบบ จับจด  จับจด  ทำไม่ จริงจัง  tam-len-len

 

dabbler

N คนที่ ทำ อะไร เล่นๆ  ไม่ จริงจัง  dilettante amateur kon-ti-tham-ar-rai-len-len-mai-jing-jang

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DABBLE

v.t.[Heb. tabal, or from the root of dip. See Dip. ] Literally, to dip a little or often; hence, to wet; to moisten; to spatter; to wet by little dips or strokes; to sprinkle.

 

DABBLE

v.i. 1. To play in water; to dip the hands, throw water and splash about; to play in mud and water.
2. To do any thing in a slight or superficial manner; to tamper; to touch here and there.
You have, I think, been dabbling with the text. Atterbury.
3. To meddle; to dip into a concern.

 

DABBLER

n. 1. One who plays in water or mud.
2. One who dips slightly into any thing; one who meddles, without going to the bottom; a superficial meddler; as a dabbler in politics.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DABBLE

Dab "ble, v. t. [imp. &p.p Dabbled; p.pr. &vb. n. Dabbling. ] Etym: [Freq. of dab: cf. OD. dabbelen.]

 

Defn: To wet by little dips or strokes; to spatter; to sprinkle; to moisten; to wet. "Bright hair dabbled in blood. " Shak.

 

DABBLE

DABBLE Dab "ble, v. i.

 

1. To play in water, as with the hands; to paddle or splash in mud or water. Wher the duck dabbles 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 ferst year at Dumfries, Burns for the ferst time began to dabble in politics. J. C. Shairp.

 

DABBLER

DABBLER Dab "bler, n.

 

1. One who dabbles.

 

2. One who dips slightly into anything; a superficial meddler. "our dabblers in politics. " Swift.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

dabble

dab ble |ˈdabəl ˈdæbəl | ▶verb 1 [ with obj. ] immerse (one's hands or feet ) partially in water and move them around gently: they dabbled their feet in the rock pools. • [ no obj. ] (of a duck or other waterbird ) move the bill around in shallow water while feeding: teal dabble in the shallows. 2 [ no obj. ] take part in an activity in a casual or superficial way: he dabbled in writing as a young man. DERIVATIVES dab bler |ˈdab (ə )lər |noun ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from obsolete Dutch dabbelen, or a frequentative of the verb dab 1 .

 

Oxford Dictionary

dabble

dab ¦ble |ˈdab (ə )l | ▶verb 1 [ with obj. ] immerse (one's hands or feet ) partially in water and move them around gently: they dabbled their feet in the rock pools. • [ no obj. ] (of a duck or other waterbird ) move the bill around in shallow water while feeding: teal dabble in the shallows. 2 [ no obj. ] take part in an activity in a casual or superficial way: he dabbled in left-wing politics. DERIVATIVES dabbler noun ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from obsolete Dutch dabbelen, or a frequentative of the verb dab 1 .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

dabble

dabble verb 1 they dabbled their feet in rock pools: splash, dip, paddle, trail; immerse. 2 he dabbled in politics: toy with, dip into, flirt with, tinker with, trifle with, play with, dally with.

 

dabbler

dabbler noun I'm no expert astronomer, just a dabbler: amateur, dilettante, layman, layperson; trifler, nonprofessional, nonspecialist. ANTONYMS professional.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

dabble

dabble verb 1 they dabbled their feet in the rock pools: splash, dip, paddle, wet, moisten, dampen, immerse, trail. 2 he dabbled in politics: toy with, dip into, scratch the surface of, flirt with, tinker with, potter about /around /round with, trifle with, play with, fiddle with, dally with, have a smattering of.

 

dabbler

dabbler noun he was a dabbler in psychology: amateur, dilettante, non-professional, layman, layperson, tinkerer, potterer, trifler, dallier. ANTONYMS expert, professional.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

dabble

dab ble /dǽb (ə )l /動詞 自動詞 1 【仕事 政治 株などを 】道楽半分にやる, 首を突っ込む, 手を出す «in , with , at » .2 (水中で )手足などをバシャバシャやって遊ぶ .他動詞 1 〈手足など 〉を (水中で )ばたつかせる .2 〈水 〉をはねかける .3 〈服など 〉にしみを付ける .

 

dabbler

d á b bler 名詞 C «…を » 道楽半分にやる人 «in , at » .