dimple
a small, natural hollow area or crease, permanent or transient, in some soft part of the human body, especially one formed in the cheek in smiling.
any similar slight depression.
to mark with or as if with dimples; produce dimples in: A smile dimpled her face.
Metalworking.
to dent (a metal sheet) so as to permit use of bolts or rivets with countersunk heads.
to mark (a metal object) with a drill point as a guide for further drilling.
to form or show dimples.
Origin of dimple
1Other words from dimple
- dimply, adjective
- un·dim·pled, adjective
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How to use dimple in a sentence
Instead of just being pink patient my sister Rosalee started in suddenly to be dimply patient too.
Fairy Prince and Other Stories | Eleanor Hallowell AbbottSpoil the look of that lovely little dimply hollow you've got just at the base there if you must.
The Boy with Wings | Berta RuckIts form is always more or less irregular, roundish, often dimply or tuberous; different from most other Larcoidea.
But I did lift my hat to that dimply green reach of prairie, and thanked God I was there.
The Range Dwellers | B. M. BowerSuddenly I was aware that he had wheeled his horse about, and was trotting back towards the most dimply area of the valley.
British Dictionary definitions for dimple
/ (ˈdɪmpəl) /
a small natural dent or crease in the flesh, esp on the cheeks or chin
any slight depression in a surface
a bubble or dent in glass
to make or become dimpled
(intr) to produce dimples by smiling
Origin of dimple
1Derived forms of dimple
- dimply, adjective
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