d 2 a 1 b 3 b 3 l 1 e 1
6 letters · 11 points in Scrabble
Meaning
verb dip a foot or hand briefly into a liquid
verb play in or as if in water, as of small children
verb work with in an amateurish manner
originFrom earlier dable, equivalent to dab + -le (frequentative suffix), possibly from Middle Dutch dabbelen (“to pinch; knead; to fumble; to dabble”); cognate with Icelandic dafla (“to dabble”).
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