Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to dabble
Participle: dabbled
Gerund: dabbling
Indicative
Present
| I | dabble |
| you | dabble |
| he;she;it | dabbles |
| we | dabble |
| you | dabble |
| they | dabble |
Perfect
| I | have dabbled |
| you | have dabbled |
| he;she;it | has dabbled |
| we | have dabbled |
| you | have dabbled |
| they | have dabbled |
Past
| I | dabbled |
| you | dabbled |
| he;she;it | dabbled |
| we | dabbled |
| you | dabbled |
| they | dabbled |
Pluperfect
| I | had dabbled |
| you | had dabbled |
| he;she;it | had dabbled |
| we | had dabbled |
| you | had dabbled |
| they | had dabbled |
Future
| I | will dabble |
| you | will dabble |
| he;she;it | will dabble |
| we | will dabble |
| you | will dabble |
| they | will dabble |
Future Perfect
| I | will have dabbled |
| you | will have dabbled |
| he;she;it | will have dabbled |
| we | will have dabbled |
| you | will have dabbled |
| they | will have dabbled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | dabble |
| you | dabble |
| he;she;it | dabble |
| we | dabble |
| you | dabble |
| they | dabble |
Perfect
| I | have dabbled |
| you | have dabbled |
| he;she;it | have dabbled |
| we | have dabbled |
| you | have dabbled |
| they | have dabbled |
Imperfect
| I | dabbled |
| you | dabbled |
| he;she;it | dabbled |
| we | dabbled |
| you | dabbled |
| they | dabbled |
Pluperfect
| I | had dabbled |
| you | had dabbled |
| he;she;it | had dabbled |
| we | had dabbled |
| you | had dabbled |
| they | had dabbled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would dabble |
| you | would dabble |
| he;she;it | would dabble |
| we | would dabble |
| you | would dabble |
| they | would dabble |
Perfect
| I | would have dabbled |
| you | would have dabbled |
| he;she;it | would have dabbled |
| we | would have dabbled |
| you | would have dabbled |
| they | would have dabbled |
Imperative
| you | dabble |
| we | Let's dabble |
| you | dabble |
Verbs conjugated like 'dabble'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'dabble'
babble,
dable,
dibble,
drabble,
gabble,
habble,
jabble,
mabble,
pabble,
rabble,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From earlier dable, equivalent to dab + -le (frequentative suffix), possibly from Middle Dutch dabbelen (“to pinch; knead; to fumble; to dabble”); cognate with Icelandic dafla (“to dabble”). See: Icelandic '
dafla'.
Sample Sentences
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[...] these carpets are reduced by the universal disregard of the spittoon with which every honourable member is accommodated, and the extraordinary improvements on the pattern which are squirted and dabbled upon it in every direction, do not admit of being described. I will merely observe, that I strongly recommend all strangers not to look at the floor; and if they happen to drop anything, though it [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)