āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
to dabble
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āĻšāĻžāĻ˛āĻāĻžāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻĄā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ¨ā§, āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¤ā§ āĻā§āĻ˛āĻž
to dip or lightly immerse a part of the body, such as hands or feet, in water
Transitive: to dabble a body part in water | to dabble a body part
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
She sat by the edge of the pool, dabbling her fingers in the water.
āĻ¸ā§ āĻĒā§āĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻ§āĻžāĻ°ā§ āĻŦāĻ¸ā§, āĻāĻā§āĻā§āĻ˛āĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻāĻ˛ā§ āĻĄā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
02
āĻĄā§āĻŦ āĻĻā§āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž, āĻ ā§āĻāĻ āĻĄā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ¨ā§
(of water birds) to feed by dipping the bill into water, often at the water's surface or in shallow areas
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The shorebirds dabbled along the marshy edges.
āĻā§āĻ˛āĻāĻ° āĻĒāĻžāĻāĻŋāĻ°āĻž āĻāĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻŽāĻžāĻā§āĻ¤ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ āĻŦāĻ°āĻžāĻŦāĻ° āĻĄā§āĻŦ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¤āĨ¤
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āĻāĻ˛ā§ āĻā§āĻ˛āĻž, āĻāĻ˛āĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻāĻ°āĻž
to engage in water-related activities in a playful or casual manner
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
As the puppies ran toward the lake, they could n't resist stopping to dabble in the cool water.
āĻā§āĻā§āĻ°āĻāĻžāĻ¨āĻžāĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻšā§āĻ°āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻĻā§āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ, āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻ āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻž āĻāĻ˛ā§ āĻā§āĻ˛āĻ¤ā§ āĻĨāĻžāĻŽāĻ¤ā§ resist āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ¨āĻŋāĨ¤
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āĻšāĻžāĻ˛āĻāĻžāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻā§āĻˇā§āĻāĻž āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻ āĻāĻā§āĻ°āĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻšāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
to engage in an activity without deep commitment or serious involvement
Transitive: to dabble in an activity
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
During the summer break, the students dabbled in various sports.
āĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻˇā§āĻŽā§āĻ° āĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§, āĻāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻ°āĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨ āĻā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻ§ā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻšāĻžāĻ¤ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
