Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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dabble | No | No | Yes | No |
busy | No | Yes | Yes | No |
dabble (adjective) | busy (adjective) |
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actively or fully engaged or occupied | |
overcrowded or cluttered with detail | |
intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner | |
(of facilities such as telephones or lavatories) unavailable for use by anyone else or indicating unavailability; (`engaged' is a British term for a busy telephone line) | |
crowded with or characterized by much activity |
dabble (verb) | busy (verb) |
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dip a foot or hand briefly into a liquid | keep busy with |
bob forward and under so as to feed off the bottom of a body of water | |
play in or as if in water, as of small children | |
work with in an amateurish manner |