- dabbled, spattered, splashed, splashy, splattered - covered patchily; often used in combination; "waves dabbled with moonlight"; "a blood-spattered room"; "gardens splashed with color"; "kitchen walls splattered with grease"
Antonym: uncovered (indirect, via covered)
- dabble - dip a foot or hand briefly into a liquid
--1 is one way to dunk, dip, souse, plunge, douse
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something PP
- dabble, paddle, splash around - play in or as if in water, as of small children
--2 is one way to play
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
- dabble, smatter, play around - work with in a non-serious manner; "She dabbles in astronomy"; "He plays around with investments bu he never makes any money"
--3 is one way to busy, occupy
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun dabbler1
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s VERB-ing
=> Somebody ----s
- dabble, paddle, splash around - play in or as if in water, as of small children