Dabble /(dăb"b'l)/

imp. & p. p. Dabbled; p. pr. & vb. n. Dabbling

1. To wet by little dips or strokes; to spatter; to sprinkle; to moisten; to wet.

1. To play in water, as with the hands; to paddle or splash in mud or water.

   Where the duck dabbles 'mid the rustling sedge.

2. To work in slight or superficial manner; to do in a small way; to tamper; to meddle.

   During the first year at Dumfries, Burns for the first time began to dabble in politics.