📖 Definitions of "Dimple"
- 1
A small depression or indentation in a surface.
"The accident created a dimple in the hood of the car."
- 2
Specifically, a small natural depression on the skin, especially on the face near the corners of the mouth.
"You have very cute dimples."
- 1
To create a dimple in.
"The hailstorm dimpled the roof of our car."
- 2
To create a dimple in one's face by smiling.
"The young girl dimpled in glee as she was handed a cupcake."
- 3
To form dimples; to sink into depressions or little inequalities.
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Dimple"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| dentnoun | A shallow deformation in the surface of an object, produced by an impact. |
| dimplementnoun | The state of being dimpled, or marked with gentle depressions. |
| dimpleplastynoun | (surgery, rare) A surgical operation to give a person dimples in their cheeks. |
| dintnoun | Especially in by dint of: force, power. |
| dokenoun | (UK, dialect) A dimple or dint. |
| dalknoun | A pin; brooch; clasp. |
| dishingnoun | (sometimes figurative) The act of placing in a dish, as when presenting food to be served. |
| divotnoun | (especially golf) A torn-up piece of turf, especially by a golf club in making a stroke or by a horse's hoof. |
| denticulenoun | A small tooth or toothlike structure. |
| dolinenoun | A depression (basin, hollow) in karstic terrain/limestone. |
| dimpnoun | (UK, colloquial, chiefly Manchester) A small or short cigarette. |
| dimpled chadnoun | (US) a chad that is punched or dimpled but is still attached to the voting ballot at all four corners |
| dentilnoun | (architecture) Any one of a series of small rectangular blocks projecting like teeth from a molding or beneath a cornice. |
| diplenoun | A mark > once used in margins to draw attention to an important passage in a text. |
| dellnoun | A small, deep, and wooded valley or sunken area of ground, especially in the form of a natural hollow. |
| dingnoun | (informal) Very minor damage caused by being struck; a small dent or chip. |
| denticlenoun | A small tooth. |
| dentelnoun | (architecture) Alternative form of dentil. [(architecture) Any one of a series of small rectangular blocks projecting like teeth from a molding or beneath a cornice.] |
| dottlenoun | The still burning or wholly burnt tobacco plug in a pipe. |
| dolinanoun | A surname. |
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