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bedabble

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[bih-dab-uhl] / bɪˈdæb əl /

verb (used with object)

bedabbled, bedabbling

to spatter or soil all over.

clothes bedabbled with paint.

Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

unbedabbled

adjective

Etymology

Origin of bedabble

First recorded in 1580–90; be- + dabble

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