Dab″ble, v. i. 1. To play in water, as with the hands; to paddle or splash in mud or water.
Where the duck dabbles 'mid the rustling sedge. Wordsworth.
2. To work in slight or superficial manner; to do in a small way; to tamper; to meddle. “Dabbling here and there with the text.” Atterbury.
During the first year at Dumfries, Burns for the first time began to dabble in politics. J. C. Shairp.