dabble

Meanings

To make slightly wet or soiled by spattering or sprinkling a liquid (such as water, mud, or paint) on it; to bedabble.
To cause splashing by moving a body part like a bill or limb in soft mud, water, etc., often playfully; to play in shallow water; to paddle.
To participate or have an interest in an activity in a casual or superficial way.
To interfere or meddle in; to tamper with.

, possibly from Middle Dutch dabbelen ("to pinch; knead; to fumble; to dabble"); cognate with Icelandic dafla ("to dabble").

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