dabble

1. (transitive)To make slightly wet or soiled by spattering or sprinkling a liquid (such as water, mud, or paint) on it; to bedabble.

2. (transitive)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.

   The children sat on the dock and dabbled their feet in the water.

   platschen

   плеска́тьсяpleskátʹsja

3. (intransitive)To feed without diving, by submerging the head and neck underwater to seek food, often also tipping up the tail straight upwards above the water.

   gründeln

   корми́ться со днаkormítʹsja so dna

4. (figuratively, intransitive)To participate or have an interest in an activity in a casual or superficial way.

   She’s an actress by trade, but has been known to dabble in poetry.

   ein wenig befassen, dilettieren

   занима́ться пове́рхностноzanimátʹsja povérxnostno

5. (intransitive, obsolete)To interfere or meddle in; to tamper with.

1. Tom dabbles in the stock market.

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2. Tom dabbled in magic.

   deTom hat sich mit Magie abgegeben.

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3. I dabble in the culinary arts.

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4. Tom dabbled in cocaine in his youth.

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5. Tom has dabbled in the dark arts.

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