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Drabble
/ˈdɹæbəl/
To wet or dirty, especially by dragging through mud.
📖 Definitions of "Drabble"
verb
- 1
To wet or dirty, especially by dragging through mud.
- 2
To fish with a long line and rod.
"to drabble for barbels"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| bedrabbleverb | (transitive) To make dirty or wet, e.g. with rain and mud. |
| dragglenoun | To make, or to become, wet and muddy by dragging along the ground. |
| daggleverb | (intransitive) To drag or trail through water, mud, or slush |
| dabbleverb | (intransitive, figuratively) To participate or have an interest in an activity in a casual or superficial way. |
| bedaggleverb | (transitive) To daggle; to soil by dragging over wet ground. |
| bedragglenoun | (transitive) To make (something) wet and limp, especially by dragging it along the ground. |
| muddlenoun | A mixture; a confusion; a garble. |
| bedabbleverb | To dabble about or all over with moisture; make something wet by sprinkling or spattering water, paint, or other liquid on it. |
| drumblenoun | (obsolete, intransitive) To be sluggish or lazy. |
| drippleverb | (intransitive) to dribble briskly; to drip with wet |
| bedrivelverb | (transitive) to drivel on, to put or spill saliva on |
| dripnoun | A falling or letting fall in drops; act of dripping. |
| wallownoun | An instance of wallowing. |
| drizzlenoun | Light rain. |
| slubbernoun | A person who, or a machine which, slubs. |
| beluteverb | (archaic, transitive) To spatter, slop or sully, as with mud. |
| bedribbleverb | (dated, transitive) To dribble upon. |
| scuddleverb | (intransitive) To run hastily; to hurry; to scuttle. |
| schloopnoun | (informal) A usually wet sucking or slurping sound. |
| squelchnoun | (radio technology) The suppression of the unwanted hiss or static between received transmissions by adjusting the gain of the receiver. |
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