dabbled
past simple and past participle ofdabble
dabble
verb
uk/ˈdæb.əl/us/ˈdæb.əl/dabbleverb(TRY)
[I]
to take aslightand not veryseriousinterestin asubject, ortryaparticularactivityfor ashortperiod:
He first dabbledinpoliticswhen he was atlawschool.
She dabbledwithdrugsatuniversity.
Trying and making an effort
- A game
- all-out
- assault
- attempt
- attempted
- bid
- crack
- go for itidiom
- go forsomeone
- go out ofyourwayidiom
- go the extra mileidiom
- go to great lengthsidiom
- push
- seek
- shoot
- step on the gasidiom
- stick atsomething
- stick tosomething
- strain after/for effectidiom
- strain every nerveidiom
dabbleverb(MOVE IN WATER)
[T]
to putpartofyourbody, such asyourhandorfoot, into thewaterof apoolorstream, etc. andmoveit around
Movement on or through water
- buoyantly
- cast
- castsomeoneadriftidiom
- dabble
- dip
- float
- hydroplane
- outsail
- paddle
- paddler
- raft
- row
- sail
- smoothness
- surface
- swim
- tack
- wade
- wallow
Examplesofdabbled
dabbled
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Although he had previouslydabbledwith psychoanalysis, at this point he was not formally trained.
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During a sad time in my friend's life, when his family suffered a tragic loss, hedabbledin drugs.
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I remember one more thing from havingdabbledin tactics 10 years ago: one should reinforce success and on no account reinforce failure.
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He suggested that those of us who occasionallydabbledin newspapers had not shown much ability in that form of speculation in the past.
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Then wedabbledextensively in baskets of currencies of various compositions and shapes but never arrived at a pattern that met our criteria.
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We believe that politicians havedabbledfor too long in the detailed process of wage bargaining.
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Is there any reason to be ashamed of havingdabbledin politics and being politicians?
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I havedabbledwith the idea of legislation that embraces a code of practice suggesting the way forward for companies so that there could be some yardstick.
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Itdabbledin fishery questions and in land purchase, but, as time went on, it was found that no real progress could be made unless the land-purchase question was settled.
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Over the past six years there have perhaps been too many well-intentioned people, misguided though they may have been, who havedabbledin what they called community relations.
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In the mid-1910s, he began collecting antiquarian and fine press books as a serious hobby (he haddabbledin book buying previous to this).
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Sedlon was also a professional artist whodabbledin carvings, oil paintings and sketches.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.That instrument remained his first love, but he alsodabbledwith the violin and the cello.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He is a former boxer and television chef who has alsodabbledin politics.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.From there hedabbledin guitar (playing right-handed despite being a natural lefty), bass, tuba, recorder, harmonica, and accordion.
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- the Associated Press
- the-associated-press
- the Association for Payment Clearing Services
- the Association of British Chambers of Commerce
- the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
- the Association of Residential Letting Agents
- the asthenosphere
- the-asthenosphere
- theater
- theatergoer
- the Atlantic Provinces
- theatre
- theatre company
- theatre-company
- theatre complex
- theatre critic
- theatre department
- theatre director
- theatre-director
- theatregoer
- theatre group
- theatre-group
- theatre in the round
- theatre-in-the-round
- theatre owner