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bedabbling

bedabbling is the present participle and gerund of bedabble.

Meaning of bedabble

Verb

bedabble (third-person singular simple present bedabbles, present participle bedabbling, simple past and past participle bedabbled)

  1. To dabble about or all over with moisture; make something wet by sprinkling or spattering water, paint, or other liquid on it.
    • Bedabbled with the dew, and torn with briers,
      I can no further crawl, no further go.c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First...

Questions about bedabbling

What is bedabbling the present participle and gerund of?
Bedabbling is the present participle and gerund of bedabble.

Words near bedabbling in the dictionary

  1. bed-wettings
  2. Beda
  3. bedabble
  4. bedabbled
  5. bedabbles
  6. bedabbling
  7. bedad
  8. bedaff
  9. bedaffled
  10. bedaft
  11. bedag

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