Definition of Dabbling

1. Verb. (present participle of dabble) ¹

2. Noun. (context: gerund of dabble) An act in which something is dabbled in ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Dabbling

1. a superficial interest [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dabbling

dabbawalla
dabbawallah
dabbawallahs
dabbawallas
dabbed
dabber
dabbers
dabbing
dabbities
dabbity
dabble
dabbled
dabbler
dabblers
dabbles
dabbling (current term)
dabbling duck
dabbling ducks
dabblings
dabchick
dabchicks
dabigatran
daboia
daboias
dabs
dabster
dabsters
dacarbazine
daccha
dace

Literary usage of Dabbling

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1890)
"She was " always fond of dabbling in the water." Mr. Harrison Weir * tells of a cat which used to go into the water up to her shoulders to bring in the fish ..."

2. British Poets of the Nineteenth Century: Poems by Wordsworth, Coleridge by Curtis Hidden Page (1910)
"... Diana's timorous limbs ;— A fold of lawny mantle dabbling swims Made Ariadne's cheek look blushingly. Thus I remember all the pleasant flow Of words at ..."

3. Notes of a Busy Life by Joseph Benson Foraker (1916)
"dabbling ALONG THE EDGES. PRIOR ip my judicial service I was so busily occupied with my studies and with what work I was fortunate enough to have entrusted ..."

4. Recollections of Samuel Breck: With Passages from His Notebooks (1771-1862) by Samuel Breck, Horace Elisha Scudder (1877)
"dabbling in Stocks.—Unjust Taxation in Boston.— Removal to Philadelphia.—Society in Philadelphia.—General Washington's Style.—Tradesmen. ..."

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