Definition of Dabbled

1. Adjective. Covered with bright patches (often used in combination). "Kitchen walls splattered with grease"

Exact synonyms: Spattered, Splashed, Splattered
Similar to: Covered

Definition of Dabbled

1. Verb. (past of dabble) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Dabbled

1. dabble [v] - See also: dabble

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dabbled

dabb lizard
dabb lizards
dabbawala
dabbawalas
dabbawalla
dabbawallah
dabbawallahs
dabbawallas
dabbed
dabber
dabbers
dabbing
dabbities
dabbity
dabble
dabbled (current term)
dabbler
dabblers
dabbles
dabbling
dabbling duck
dabbling ducks
dabblings
dabchick
dabchicks
dabigatran
daboia
daboias
dabs
dabster

Literary usage of Dabbled

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

1. The Strathmore Quality Deckle Edge Book Papers: Strathmore Japan, Old ...by Mittineague Paper Company by Mittineague Paper Company (1906)
"... Its lips in the field above are dabbled with blood-red heath, The red-ribb'd ledges drip with a silent horror of blood, And Echo there, ..."

2. The Poets of Ireland: A Biographical Dictionary with Bibliographical by David James O'Donoghue (1893)
"New York, dabbled in journalism as well, and finally entered the publishing trade, in which he has been successful. He has written a good deal ot verse, ..."

3. The Atonement Between God and Manby Charles Taze Russell by Charles Taze Russell (2000)
"And thus, to all eternity, there might be danger of sin on the part of those who had not already dabbled in it. Each one who would thus venture on divine ..."

4. Short Plays by Representative Authors by Alice Mary Smith (1921)
"dabbled with blood. 0! 0 me! VIGDIS. 0 young man, 0 treasure of the west, 0 white, comely, handsome Thorolf! Yours will be a cold bride bed under the winter ..."

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