dimple
A small depression or indentation in a surfaceA small depression or indentation in a surface.
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3 sensesA small depression or indentation in a surface.
The accident created a dimple in the hood of the car.
Delle, Beule, Grübchen
я́мкаjámka, вы́боинаvýboina, я́мочкаjámočka
any slight depression in a surface
A small depression or indentation in a surface.
A small natural depression on the skin, especially on the face near the corners of the mouth.
You have very cute dimples.
a small natural hollow in the cheek or chin
A small depression, made with a punch on a metal object, as a guide for further drilling.
Examples
36 sentencesWhy do some people have dimples?
Why do golf balls have dimples?
deWarum haben Golfbälle Dellen? — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Smile and show me your dimples.
She has cute dimples when she smiles.
ruКогда она улыбается, у неё на щеках появляются красивые ямочки. — odexed
deSie hat süße Grübchen, wenn sie lächelt. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Tom has a dimple on his chin.
ruУ Тома ямочка на подбородке. — marafon
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 2
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Origin
From Middle English dimpel, dimpil, dympull, from Old English *dympel (“pit, depression”),From Middle English dimpel, dimpil, dympull, from Old English *dympel (“pit, depression”), from Proto-West Germanic *dumpil, from Proto-Germanic *dumpilaz (“sink-hole, dimple”), from Proto-Germanic *dumpaz (“hole, hollow, pit”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewb- (“deep, hollow”), equivalent to dialectal dump (“deep hole, pool”) + -le (diminutive suffix).
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Forms
plural: dimplesSynonyms
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