0 past simple and past participle of dabble --
1 to take a slight and not very serious interest in a subject, or try a particular activity for a short period: --
She dabbled with drugs at university.
2 to put part of your body, such as your hand or foot, into the water of a pool or stream, etc. and move it around --
From there he dabbled in guitar (playing right-handed despite being a natural lefty), bass, tuba, recorder, harmonica, and accordion.
He is a former boxer and television chef who has also dabbled in politics.
That instrument remained his first love, but he also dabbled with the violin and the cello.
Sedlon was also a professional artist who dabbled in carvings, oil paintings and sketches.
In the mid-1910s, he began collecting antiquarian and fine press books as a serious hobby (he had dabbled in book buying previous to this).
Over the past six years there have perhaps been too many well-intentioned people, misguided though they may have been, who have dabbled in what they called community relations.
It dabbled in 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.
I have dabbled with the idea of legislation that embraces a code of practice suggesting the way forward for companies so that there could be some yardstick.
