▸ verb: (transitive) To make slightly wet or soiled by spattering or sprinkling a liquid (such as water, mud, or paint) on it; to bedabble. ▸ verb: (transitive) To cause splashing by moving a body part like a bill or limb in soft mud, water, etc., often playfully; to play in shallow water; to paddle. ▸ verb: (intransitive, of waterfowl) To feed without diving, by submerging the head and neck underwater to seek food, often also tipping up the tail straight upwards above the water. ▸ verb: (intransitive, figuratively) To participate or have an interest in an activity in a casual or superficial way. ▸ verb: (intransitive, obsolete) To interfere or meddle in; to tamper with. ▸ noun: A spattering or sprinkling of a liquid. ▸ noun: An act of splashing in soft mud, water, etc. ▸ noun: An act of participation in an activity in a casual or superficial way.
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