What a fool she is to dabble in stocks!
Source: tatoeba (21220)
Dabble
//ˈdæb.əl//
Synonyms for "dabble" (107 found)
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Closest matches (22)
Strong matches (32)
Related words (53)
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1 entriesRelated terms
2 entriesderived
9 entriesderived from
1 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entriesmanner of
4 entriesrelated to
14 entriesTranslations
74 translations across 18 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- бъркам се verb (to participate in a casual or superficial way)
- меся се verb (to participate in a casual or superficial way)
- пляскам verb (to cause splashing by moving a body part in soft mud, water, etc.)
- пръскам verb (to cause splashing by moving a body part in soft mud, water, etc.)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 涉獵 /涉猎 verb (to participate in a casual or superficial way)
- 涉足 verb (to participate in a casual or superficial way)
- 濺濕 /溅湿 verb (to cause splashing by moving a body part in soft mud, water, etc.)
- 玩水 verb (to cause splashing by moving a body part in soft mud, water, etc.)
Czech
4 entries- cákat verb (to cause splashing by moving a body part in soft mud, water, etc.)
- fušovat verb (to participate in a casual or superficial way)
- pocákat verb (to make slightly wet or soiled by spattering or sprinkling a liquid)
- pošplíchat verb (to make slightly wet or soiled by spattering or sprinkling a liquid)
Dutch
4 entries- als liefhebberij hebben verb (to participate in a casual or superficial way)
- dompelen verb (to cause splashing by moving a body part in soft mud, water, etc.)
- grondelen verb (of waterfowl, to feed with the head underwater without diving)
- liefhebberen verb (to participate in a casual or superficial way)
Finnish
4 entries- harrastella verb (to participate in a casual or superficial way)
- kastella verb (to make slightly wet or soiled by spattering or sprinkling a liquid)
- kostuttaa verb (to make slightly wet or soiled by spattering or sprinkling a liquid)
- puuhastella verb (to participate in a casual or superficial way)
French
1 entries- barboter verb (to cause splashing by moving a body part in soft mud, water, etc.)
Galician
1 entries- humedecer verb (to cause splashing by moving a body part in soft mud, water, etc.)
German
4 entries- Planscherei noun (act of splashing in soft mud, water, etc.)
- dilettieren verb (to participate in a casual or superficial way)
- ein wenig befassen verb (to participate in a casual or superficial way)
- gründeln verb (of waterfowl, to feed with the head underwater without diving)
Hungarian
4 entries- amatőrködik verb (to participate in a casual or superficial way)
- belekap verb (to participate in a casual or superficial way)
- belekontárkodik verb (to participate in a casual or superficial way)
- belekóstol verb (to participate in a casual or superficial way)
Italian
3 entries- dilettarsi verb (to participate in a casual or superficial way)
- occuparsi a tempo perso verb (to participate in a casual or superficial way)
- sguazzare verb (to cause splashing by moving a body part in soft mud, water, etc.)
Japanese
1 entries- ばちゃばちゃさせる verb (to cause splashing by moving a body part in soft mud, water, etc.)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- fuske verb (to participate in a casual or superficial way)
Polish
3 entries- babrać verb (to make slightly wet or soiled by spattering or sprinkling a liquid)
- ubabrać verb (to make slightly wet or soiled by spattering or sprinkling a liquid)
- zbabrać verb (to make slightly wet or soiled by spattering or sprinkling a liquid)
Portuguese
1 entries- umedecer verb (to cause splashing by moving a body part in soft mud, water, etc.)
Russian
3 entries- занима́ться пове́рхностно verb (to participate in a casual or superficial way)
- корми́ться со дна verb (of waterfowl, to feed with the head underwater without diving)
- плеска́ться verb (to cause splashing by moving a body part in soft mud, water, etc.)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- brčkati verb (to cause splashing by moving a body part in soft mud, water, etc.)
Spanish
4 entries- chapoteo noun (act of splashing in soft mud, water, etc.)
- diletantismo noun (act of participation in an activity in a casual or superficial way)
- escarceo noun (act of participation in an activity in a casual or superficial way)
- aventurarse en verb (to participate in a casual or superficial way)
Turkish
2 entries- sıçratmak verb (to cause splashing by moving a body part in soft mud, water, etc.)
- takılmak verb (to participate in a casual or superficial way)
Sample sentences
23 total sentences available.
Tom experienced strong peer pressure to dabble in drugs when he was a teenager.
Source: tatoeba (3746393)
I dabble in the culinary arts.
Source: tatoeba (11559917)
The Itelians […] reſpectleſſe of gentry, of few words, for they barrell up commonly more then they can broach, and ſo may be ſaid to be like a great bottle with a narrow necke; yet they are moſt cunning and circumſpect in negotiating, ſpecially when they have bin tampering with the Vine or the hop, and are dabbled a little with their liquor.
Source: wiktionary
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