dibbling

• present participle of dibble.

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dibbling

Antetokounmpo was pulled by first-year coach Adrian Griffin after a dibbling violation.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 22, 2023

Having earlier dismissed his use as moderate dibbling and dabbling, he tells me: “I’ll be completely honest with you. The past couple of albums, I do get back to that.”

From The Guardian ● Dec. 3, 2016

A few anglers still practise the old style of dapping or "dibbling" after the manner advised by Izaak Walton.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 by Various

The ground is turned up with the mattock, and the seed planted by dibbling between the stumps of trees.

From The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. by Simmonds, P. L.

A tiny rivulet of water trickled over the stones, and two or three ducks were dibbling with yellow bills among the miniature boulders.

From Lover or Friend by Carey, Rosa Nouchette

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