Dabbling

noun, verb

noun, verb ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An act in which something is dabbled in gerund

    "[…] a "home album" filled with lovable McCartneyesque hummings and dabblings about love and romance and the joys of quotidian existence, as far removed in conception and execution from his last recording project (side two of Abbey Road) as you could imagine."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of dabble form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

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amateuramateurishcoquetrydalliancedallyingdilettante

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"I'm introducing some pictures I took, dabbling in photography, along with my diary."

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