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dabble

  • 1 dabble

    1. transitive verb
    (wet slightly) befeuchten

    dabble one's feet in the water — mit den Füßen im Wasser planschen

    2. intransitive verb

    dabble in/at something — sich in etwas (Dat.) versuchen

    * * *
    ['dæbl]
    1) (to play, or trail, in water: He dabbled his feet in the river.) plätschern
    2) (to do anything in a half-serious way or as a hobby: He dabbles in chemistry.) sich oberflächlich mit etwas befassen
    * * *
    dab·ble
    [ˈdæbl̩]
    I. vi dilettieren
    ▪ to \dabble in [or with] sth sich akk nebenbei mit etw dat beschäftigen
    she \dabbled with several careers sie versuchte sich in mehreren Berufen
    II. vt
    to \dabble one's feet/hands in water mit den Füßen/Händen im Wasser planschen
    III. n no pl Zwischenspiel nt
    after a brief \dabble in politics, he returned to the world of business nach einem kurzen Abstecher in die Politik kehrte er in die Wirtschaft zurück
    * * *
    ['dbl]
    1. vt

    to dabble one's hands/feet in the water — mit den Händen/Füßen im Wasser plan(t)schen

    2. vi
    1) (with hands, feet) plan(t)schen
    2) (fig)

    to dabble in/at sth — sich (nebenbei) mit etw beschäftigen

    are you a serious photographer? – no, I only dabble ( in it) — beschäftigen Sie sich ernsthaft mit der Fotografie? – nein, nur so nebenbei

    he dabbles in stocks and shares/antiques — er versucht sich an der Börse/in Antiquitäten

    * * *
    dabble [ˈdæbl]
    A v/t
    1. besprengen, bespritzen
    2. betupfen
    B v/i
    1. (im Wasser) plan(t)schen, plätschern
    2. fig sich oberflächlich oder aus Liebhaberei oder pej in dilettantischer Weise befassen oder beschäftigen (at, in mit):
    dabble in writing (so) nebenbei ein bisschen schriftstellern;
    dabble in politics ein bisschen in der Politik mitmischen
    * * *
    1. transitive verb
    (wet slightly) befeuchten
    2. intransitive verb

    dabble in/at something — sich in etwas (Dat.) versuchen

    English-german dictionary > dabble

  • 2 dabble

    dab·ble [ʼdæbl̩] vi
    dilettieren;
    to \dabble in [or with] sth sich akk nebenbei mit etw dat beschäftigen;
    she \dabbled with several careers sie versuchte sich in mehreren Berufen vt
    to \dabble one's feet/ hands in water mit den Füßen/Händen im Wasser planschen n
    no pl Zwischenspiel nt;
    after a brief \dabble in politics, he returned to the world of business nach einem kurzen Abstecher in die Politik kehrte er in die Wirtschaft zurück

    English-German students dictionary > dabble

  • 3 dabble (V.)

    germ. dab-?

    Neuenglisch-germanisches Wörterbuch > dabble (V.)

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  • dabble — (v.) 1550s, probably a frequentative of DAB (Cf. dab). Original meaning was wet by splashing; modern figurative sense of do superficially first recorded 1620s. Related: Dabbled; dabbling. An Ellen Dablewife is in the Lancashire Inquests from 1336 …   Etymology dictionary

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  • dabble — I UK [ˈdæb(ə)l] / US verb Word forms dabble : present tense I/you/we/they dabble he/she/it dabbles present participle dabbling past tense dabbled past participle dabbled 1) [intransitive] to be involved in an activity for a short time in a way… …   English dictionary

  • dabble — dab|ble [ˈdæbəl] v [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: Probably from DAB1] 1.) to do something or be involved in something in a way that is not very serious dabble in/at/with ▪ people who dabble in painting as a way of relaxing 2.) [T] [i]BrE to move your… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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