bedrabble

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verb

To make dirty or wet, e.g. with rain and mud.

OriginMiddle English bedrabelen →
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Meanings

verbbedrabble (third-person singular simple present bedrabbles, present participle bedrabbling, simple past and past participle bedrabbled)

present singular third person bedrabbles · participle present bedrabbling · participle past bedrabbled · past bedrabbled

  1. transitiveTo make dirty or wet, e.g. with rain and mud.

Origin

  1. Middle Englishbedrabelen
  2. Englishbedrabble

From Middle English bedrabelen, equivalent to be- + drabble.

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APA

bedrabble. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bedrabble

MLA

“bedrabble.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bedrabble. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bedrabble,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bedrabble.

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