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1. Covered with bright patches (often used in combination)
   "waves dabbled with moonlight";
   - spattered, splashed, splattered

1. Dip a foot or hand briefly into a liquid
    
2. Play in or as if in water, as of small children
   - paddle, splash around
    
3. Work with in an amateurish manner
   "She dabbles in astronomy";
   - smatter, play around
    
4. Bob forward and under so as to feed off the bottom of a body of water
   "dabbling ducks"

See also: covered

Type of: bob, busy, dip, douse, dunk, occupy, play, plunge, souse