bedabble

American  

[bih-dab-uhl] / bɪˈdæb əl /

verb (used with object)

bedabbled, bedabbling

1. to spatter or soil all over.

   clothes bedabbled with paint.

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Other Word Forms

• unbedabbled adjective

Etymology

Origin of bedabble

First recorded in 1580–90; be- + dabble

Example Sentences

Bedabble, be-dab′l, v.t. to dabble or wet.

From Project Gutenberg

A kitten, attracted by the odor of milk, had established itself upon the table; it allowed Pauline to bedabble it in coffee; she was playing merrily with it, taking away the cream that she had just allowed the kitten to sniff at, so as to exercise its patience, and keep up the contest.

From Project Gutenberg