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Drabble

/ˈdɹæbəl/

To wet or dirty, especially by dragging through mud.

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  1. 1

    To wet or dirty, especially by dragging through mud.

  2. 2

    To fish with a long line and rod.

    "to drabble for barbels"

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bedrabbleverb(transitive) To make dirty or wet, e.g. with rain and mud.
dragglenounTo 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.
muddlenounA mixture; a confusion; a garble.
bedabbleverbTo 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
dripnounA falling or letting fall in drops; act of dripping.
wallownounAn instance of wallowing.
drizzlenounLight rain.
slubbernounA 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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