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Definition: Dabbled |
DabbledAdjective1. Covered patchily; often used in combination; "waves dabbled with moonlight"; "a blood-spattered room"; "gardens splashed with color"; "kitchen walls splattered with grease". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "dabbled" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1593. (references) |
Synonyms: DabbledSynonyms: spattered (adj), splashed (adj), splashy (adj), splattered (adj). (additional references) |
| Synonym by domain: dabbling duck (food & agriculture, environment). |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Moisture | Swashy, soggy, dabbled; reeking, dripping, soaking,soft, sodden, sloppy, muddy; swampy. (marshy); irriguous. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Dabbled |
| English words defined with "dabbled": dangling ♦ hanging ♦ pendant, pendent ♦ spattered, splashed, splashy, splattered, suspended. (references) |
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| "Purple Daisies 2" by Caron Wiedrick Commentary: "The dabbled sunlight passing down on these daisies I found striking and inviting...." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. |
| Author | Quotation |
Oscar Wilde | When liberty comes with hands dabbled in blood it is hard to shake hands with her. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| "Dabbled" is generally used as a lexical verb (past tense) -- approximately 56.82% of the time. "Dabbled" is used about 44 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (past tense) | 56.82% | 25 | 69,787 |
| Lexical Verb (past participle) | 40.91% | 18 | 82,615 |
| Noun (proper) | 2.27% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 44 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "dabbled"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 戏水 (Dabble, Dabbling). (various references) | |
German | bespritzte (spattered, splashed). (various references) | |
Italian | immerso, agitato. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | abbledday.(various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "dabbled": bedabbled. (additional references) | |
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"Dabbled" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: dabla, Dablam, dable, dablen, dablo, Dagblod, Debble, diablada, diabled, dubled. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "dabbled" (pronounced da"buld) |
| 5 | -a" b u l d | babbled. |
| 4 | -b u l d | ambled, assembled, bubbled, cabled, cobbled, corbelled, crumbled, dibbled, disabled, disassembled, jumbled, labeled, labelled, libeled, doubled, dribbled, enabled, enfeebled, fabled, fumbled, gambled, garbled, gobbled, grumbled, hobbled, humbled, marbled, mislabeled, mumbled, nibbled, rambled, reassembled, redoubled, resembled, rumbled, scrambled, scribbled, squabbled, stumbled, tabled, trebled, trembled, troubled, tumbled, unlabeled, untroubled, wobbled. |
| 3 | -u l d | addled, angled, annulled, backpedaled, baffled, barreled, battled, bedeviled, bedraggled, befuddled, belittled, bespectacled, bevelled, bicycled, boggled, bottled, bridled, bristled, buckled, bundled, bungled, canceled, cancelled, channeled, chiseled, chortled, chronicled, chuckled, circled, coddled, commingled, counseled, coupled, crackled, credentialed, crippled, crumpled, cuddled, cycled, dangled, dazzled, dialed, dimpled, jangled, jostled, juggled, kindled, knuckled, ladled, leveled, levelled, disgruntled, disheveled, dismantled, dueled, dwindled, embattled, embezzled, emerald, empaneled, enameled, encircled, entangled, entitled, equaled, fiddled, fizzled, flanneled, fondled, frazzled, freckled, fueled, fuelled, funneled, giggled, grappled, grizzled, haggled, handled, hassled, heckled, Herald, huddled, hustled, idled, impaneled, imperiled, initialed, intermingled, mangled, manhandled, marshaled, marshalled, marveled, mingled, mishandled, modeled, mottled, muddled, muffled, muscled, muzzled, needled, nestled, nettled, newfangled, ogled, paddled, paneled, parceled, pedaled, pedalled, peddled, penciled, peopled, pickled, principled, pummeled, puzzled, quadrupled, quarreled, quintupled, rankled, rattled, raveled, recycled, refueled, rekindled, remodeled, resettled, reshuffled, reveled, riddled, rifled, rippled, rivaled, ruffled, rumpled, saddled, sampled, scaffold, scuffled, scuttled, settled, shackled, shoveled, shriveled, shuffled, shuttled, signaled, signalled, singled, sizzled, smuggled, snarled, spangled, sparkled, speckled, spiraled, sprinkled, squirreled, stapled, startled, stenciled, stifled, straddled, straggled, strangled, struggled, subtitled, swindled, tackled, tangled, tasseled, tattled, throttled, tickled, tinkled, titled, toggled, toppled, totaled, totalled, trampled, traveled, travelled, trickled, tripled, trundled, tussled, unbridled, unprincipled, unraveled, unrivaled, unruffled, unsettled, unshackled, untrammeled, waffled, wangled, whistled, whittled, widdled, wrangled, wrestled, wrinkled. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-b-d-d-e-l" | |
-1 letter: balded, bladed, dabbed, dabble. | |
-2 letters: addle, babel, baled, blade, dedal, laded. | |
-3 letters: abbe, abed, able, babe, bade, bald, bale, bead, blab, blae, bleb, bled, dale, dead, deal, lade, lead. | |
-4 letters: add, alb, ale, bad, bal, bed, bel, dab, dad, dal, deb, del, ebb, eld, lab, lad, lea, led. | |
-5 letters: ab, ad, ae, al, ba, be. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-b-d-d-e-l" | |
+1 letter: beddable, biddable, drabbled. | |
+2 letters: bedabbled. | |
+4 letters: billboarded, blackbirded. | |
+5 letters: bubbleheaded, subdividable. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Images: Digital Art | 5. Quotations: Familiar 6. Usage Frequency 7. Translations: Modern 8. Derivations | 9. Rhymes 10. Anagrams 11. Bibliography |
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