"dabbling" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: dabblings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} dabbling (plural dabblings)
  1. (gerund of dabble) An act in which something is dabbled in Tags: gerund
    Sense id: en-dabbling-en-noun-0Hlu0LCR

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} dabbling
  1. present participle and gerund of dabble Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: dabble
    Sense id: en-dabbling-en-verb-~olvbM2W Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 80

Inflected forms

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