dabbling

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noun

An act in which something is dabbled in

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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of dabble
noundabbling (plural dabblings)

plural dabblings

  1. gerundAn act in which something is dabbled in

    […] a "home album" filled with lovable McCartneyesque hummings and dabblings about love and romance and the joys of quotidian existence, as far removed in conception and execution from his last recording project (side two of Abbey Road) as you could imagine.

    1989 December 22, Bill Wyman, “Let him be”, in Chicago Reader

Synonyms & antonyms

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Cite this entry
APA

dabbling. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dabbling

MLA

“dabbling.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dabbling. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dabbling,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dabbling.

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