"dimple" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈdɪmpəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dimple.wav [Southern-England] Forms: dimples [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪmpəl Etymology: From Middle English dympull, likely from Proto-Germanic *dumpila- (“sink-hole, dimple”), from Proto-Germanic *dumpa- (“hole, hollow, pit”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewb- (“deep, hollow”), equivalent to dialectal dump (“deep hole or pool”) + -le (diminutive suffix). Akin to Old High German tumphilo (“pool”) (whence German Tümpel) and Old English dyppan (“to dip”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|dympull}} Middle English dympull, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*dumpila-|t=sink-hole, dimple}} Proto-Germanic *dumpila- (“sink-hole, dimple”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*dumpa-|t=hole, hollow, pit}} Proto-Germanic *dumpa- (“hole, hollow, pit”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*dʰewb-|t=deep, hollow}} Proto-Indo-European *dʰewb- (“deep, hollow”), {{suf|en|dump|-le|id2=diminutive noun|pos2=diminutive suffix|t1=deep hole or pool}} dump (“deep hole or pool”) + -le (diminutive suffix), {{cog|goh|tumphilo||pool}} Old High German tumphilo (“pool”), {{cog|de|Tümpel}} German Tümpel, {{cog|ang|dyppan||to dip}} Old English dyppan (“to dip”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} dimple (plural dimples)
  1. A small depression or indentation in a surface. Synonyms (depression in a surface): dent Translations (small depression or indentation in generic surface): نُقْرَة (nuqra) [feminine] (Arabic), غمازة (ġamāza) [Egyptian-Arabic, feminine] (Arabic), падина (padina) [feminine] (Bulgarian), (āo) (Chinese Mandarin), bult (Dutch), gaatje [neuter] (Dutch), kolo (Finnish), lommo (Finnish), kolhu (Finnish), alvéole [feminine, masculine] (French), Delle [feminine] (German), Beule [feminine] (German), loigín [masculine] (Irish), bozza [feminine] (Italian), 凹み (kubomi) (alt: くぼみ) (Japanese), へこみ (hekomi) (Japanese), غمزة (gamze) (Ottoman Turkish), covinha [feminine] (Portuguese), adâncitură [feminine] (Romanian), cufundătură [feminine] (Romanian), scobitură [feminine] (Romanian), scufundătură [feminine] (Romanian), я́мка (jámka) [feminine] (Russian), вы́боина (výboina) [feminine] (Russian), hoyuelo [masculine] (Spanish), bula (Swedish), buckla [common-gender] (Swedish), inbuktning [common-gender] (Swedish), göçük (Turkish), pannwl [masculine] (Welsh), crych [masculine] (Welsh), pant [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-dimple-en-noun-KmmWDQ23 Disambiguation of 'depression in a surface': 71 29 Disambiguation of 'small depression or indentation in generic surface': 75 25
  2. Specifically, a small natural depression on the skin, especially on the face near the corners of the mouth. Translations (skin depression, especially at corners of the mouth): غَمّازة (ḡammāza) [feminine] (Arabic), grupicã [feminine] (Aromanian), qəmzə (Azerbaijani), трапчинка (trapčinka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), clotet [masculine] (Catalan), 酒窟仔 (zh-min-nan) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 酒窩 (Chinese Mandarin), 酒窝 (jiǔwō) (Chinese Mandarin), (Chinese Mandarin), (yè) (Chinese Mandarin), 酒渦 (Chinese Mandarin), 酒涡 (jiǔwō) (Chinese Mandarin), důlek [masculine] (Czech), dolík [masculine] (Czech), kuiltje [neuter] (Dutch), hymykuoppa (Finnish), fossette [feminine] (French), Grübchen [neuter] (German), λακκάκι (lakkáki) [neuter] (Greek), 酒窟仔 (jiuˋ fudˋ eˇ) (Hakka Chinese), גומת חן \ גֻּמַּת חֵן (gumát khén) [feminine] (Hebrew), גומה \ גֻּמָּה (gumá) [feminine] (Hebrew), हिलकोरा (hilkorā) (Hindi), gödröcske (Hungarian), spékoppur [neuter] (Icelandic), loigín [masculine] (Irish), fossetta [feminine] (Italian), (ekubo) (alt: えくぼ) (Japanese), えくぼ (ekubo) (Japanese), ディンプル (dinpuru) (Japanese), 보조개 (bojogae) (Korean), 볼우물 (borumul) (Korean), gelasīnus [masculine] (Latin), Kailchen [feminine] (Luxembourgish), ngongo (Maori), aniishtłʼah (Navajo), smilehull [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), smilehól [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), dołeczek [masculine] (Polish), covinha [feminine] (Portuguese), gropiță [feminine] (Romanian), я́мочка (jámočka) [feminine] (Russian), jamka [feminine] (Slovak), hoyuelo [masculine] (Spanish), camanance [masculine] (Spanish), smilgrop [common-gender] (Swedish), skrattgrop [common-gender] (Swedish), biloy (Tagalog), ลักยิ้ม (lák-yím) (Thai), gamze (Turkish), lúm đồng tiền (Vietnamese), bochdwll [masculine] (Welsh), חן־גריבל (kheyn-gribl) [neuter] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-dimple-en-noun-J2BMsUsn Disambiguation of 'skin depression, especially at corners of the mouth': 40 60
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: chin dimple, dimply

Verb

IPA: /ˈdɪmpəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dimple.wav [Southern-England] Forms: dimples [present, singular, third-person], dimpling [participle, present], dimpled [participle, past], dimpled [past]
Rhymes: -ɪmpəl Etymology: From Middle English dympull, likely from Proto-Germanic *dumpila- (“sink-hole, dimple”), from Proto-Germanic *dumpa- (“hole, hollow, pit”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewb- (“deep, hollow”), equivalent to dialectal dump (“deep hole or pool”) + -le (diminutive suffix). Akin to Old High German tumphilo (“pool”) (whence German Tümpel) and Old English dyppan (“to dip”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|dympull}} Middle English dympull, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*dumpila-|t=sink-hole, dimple}} Proto-Germanic *dumpila- (“sink-hole, dimple”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*dumpa-|t=hole, hollow, pit}} Proto-Germanic *dumpa- (“hole, hollow, pit”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*dʰewb-|t=deep, hollow}} Proto-Indo-European *dʰewb- (“deep, hollow”), {{suf|en|dump|-le|id2=diminutive noun|pos2=diminutive suffix|t1=deep hole or pool}} dump (“deep hole or pool”) + -le (diminutive suffix), {{cog|goh|tumphilo||pool}} Old High German tumphilo (“pool”), {{cog|de|Tümpel}} German Tümpel, {{cog|ang|dyppan||to dip}} Old English dyppan (“to dip”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} dimple (third-person singular simple present dimples, present participle dimpling, simple past and past participle dimpled)
  1. (transitive) To create a dimple in. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Face Synonyms (create a dimple in): dent, mar Translations (create a dimple in): blutsen (Dutch), indeuken (Dutch), deuken (Dutch), kolhaista (Finnish), kolhia (Finnish), tehdä lommo (Finnish), eindellen (German), einbeulen (German), πτυχώσει (ptychósei) (Greek), ondear (Portuguese), cresta (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-dimple-en-verb-RVsrzhUG Disambiguation of Face: 19 24 30 17 11 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -le (diminutive noun) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 9 39 11 24 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 18 15 39 13 15 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -le (diminutive noun): 20 17 32 14 17 Disambiguation of 'create a dimple in': 76 23 1 Disambiguation of 'create a dimple in': 76 23 1
  2. (intransitive) To create a dimple in one's face by smiling. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-dimple-en-verb-S7DoRBlj
  3. To form dimples; to sink into depressions or little inequalities.
    Sense id: en-dimple-en-verb-9Yeisc7o

Inflected forms

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  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The accident created a dimple in the hood of the car.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1815, William Wordsworth, The White Doe of Rylstone; or, The Fate of the Nortons",
          "text": "The garden pool's dark surface […] breaks into dimples small and bright.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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        "A small depression or indentation in a surface."
      ],
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        ]
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          "_dis1": "71 29",
          "sense": "depression in a surface",
          "word": "dent"
        }
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        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "nuqra",
          "sense": "small depression or indentation in generic surface",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "نُقْرَة"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "arz",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ġamāza",
          "sense": "small depression or indentation in generic surface",
          "tags": [
            "Egyptian-Arabic",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "غمازة"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "padina",
          "sense": "small depression or indentation in generic surface",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "падина"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "āo",
          "sense": "small depression or indentation in generic surface",
          "word": "凹"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "small depression or indentation in generic surface",
          "word": "bult"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "small depression or indentation in generic surface",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "gaatje"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "small depression or indentation in generic surface",
          "word": "kolo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "small depression or indentation in generic surface",
          "word": "lommo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "small depression or indentation in generic surface",
          "word": "kolhu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "small depression or indentation in generic surface",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "alvéole"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "small depression or indentation in generic surface",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Delle"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "small depression or indentation in generic surface",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Beule"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "small depression or indentation in generic surface",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "loigín"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "small depression or indentation in generic surface",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "bozza"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "alt": "くぼみ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kubomi",
          "sense": "small depression or indentation in generic surface",
          "word": "凹み"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "hekomi",
          "sense": "small depression or indentation in generic surface",
          "word": "へこみ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "gamze",
          "sense": "small depression or indentation in generic surface",
          "word": "غمزة"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "small depression or indentation in generic surface",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "covinha"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "small depression or indentation in generic surface",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "adâncitură"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "small depression or indentation in generic surface",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "cufundătură"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "small depression or indentation in generic surface",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "scobitură"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "small depression or indentation in generic surface",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "scufundătură"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "jámka",
          "sense": "small depression or indentation in generic surface",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "я́мка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "výboina",
          "sense": "small depression or indentation in generic surface",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "вы́боина"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "small depression or indentation in generic surface",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "hoyuelo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "small depression or indentation in generic surface",
          "word": "bula"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "small depression or indentation in generic surface",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "buckla"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "small depression or indentation in generic surface",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "inbuktning"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "small depression or indentation in generic surface",
          "word": "göçük"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "small depression or indentation in generic surface",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "pannwl"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "small depression or indentation in generic surface",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "crych"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "small depression or indentation in generic surface",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "pant"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "You have very cute dimples.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Specifically, a small natural depression on the skin, especially on the face near the corners of the mouth."
      ],
      "id": "en-dimple-en-noun-J2BMsUsn",
      "links": [
        [
          "depression",
          "depression"
        ],
        [
          "skin",
          "skin"
        ],
        [
          "face",
          "face"
        ],
        [
          "mouth",
          "mouth"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "40 60",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ḡammāza",
          "sense": "skin depression, especially at corners of the mouth",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "غَمّازة"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "40 60",
          "code": "rup",
          "lang": "Aromanian",
          "sense": "skin depression, especially at corners of the mouth",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "grupicã"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "40 60",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "skin depression, especially at corners of the mouth",
          "word": "qəmzə"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "40 60",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "trapčinka",
          "sense": "skin depression, especially at corners of the mouth",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "трапчинка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "40 60",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "skin depression, especially at corners of the mouth",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "clotet"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "40 60",
          "code": "hak",
          "lang": "Hakka Chinese",
          "roman": "jiuˋ fudˋ eˇ",
          "sense": "skin depression, especially at corners of the mouth",
          "word": "酒窟仔"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "40 60",
          "code": "nan-hbl",
          "lang": "Chinese",
          "roman": "zh-min-nan",
          "sense": "skin depression, especially at corners of the mouth",
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "酒窟仔"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "40 60",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "skin depression, especially at corners of the mouth",
          "word": "酒窩"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "40 60",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "jiǔwō",
          "sense": "skin depression, especially at corners of the mouth",
          "word": "酒窝"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "40 60",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "skin depression, especially at corners of the mouth",
          "word": "靨"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "40 60",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "yè",
          "sense": "skin depression, especially at corners of the mouth",
          "word": "靥"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "40 60",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "skin depression, especially at corners of the mouth",
          "word": "酒渦"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "40 60",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "jiǔwō",
          "sense": "skin depression, especially at corners of the mouth",
          "word": "酒涡"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "40 60",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "skin depression, especially at corners of the mouth",
          "tags": [
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        "English terms with usage examples",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The accident created a dimple in the hood of the car.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1815, William Wordsworth, The White Doe of Rylstone; or, The Fate of the Nortons",
          "text": "The garden pool's dark surface […] breaks into dimples small and bright.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A small depression or indentation in a surface."
      ],
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        [
          "depression",
          "depression"
        ],
        [
          "indentation",
          "indentation"
        ]
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "You have very cute dimples.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Specifically, a small natural depression on the skin, especially on the face near the corners of the mouth."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "depression",
          "depression"
        ],
        [
          "skin",
          "skin"
        ],
        [
          "face",
          "face"
        ],
        [
          "mouth",
          "mouth"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdɪmpəl/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪmpəl"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
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    {
      "sense": "depression in a surface",
      "word": "dent"
    }
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    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "nuqra",
      "sense": "small depression or indentation in generic surface",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "نُقْرَة"
    },
    {
      "code": "arz",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ġamāza",
      "sense": "small depression or indentation in generic surface",
      "tags": [
        "Egyptian-Arabic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "غمازة"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "padina",
      "sense": "small depression or indentation in generic surface",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "падина"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "āo",
      "sense": "small depression or indentation in generic surface",
      "word": "凹"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "small depression or indentation in generic surface",
      "word": "bult"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "small depression or indentation in generic surface",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "gaatje"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "small depression or indentation in generic surface",
      "word": "kolo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "small depression or indentation in generic surface",
      "word": "lommo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "small depression or indentation in generic surface",
      "word": "kolhu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "small depression or indentation in generic surface",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "alvéole"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "small depression or indentation in generic surface",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Delle"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "small depression or indentation in generic surface",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Beule"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "small depression or indentation in generic surface",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "loigín"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "small depression or indentation in generic surface",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bozza"
    },
    {
      "alt": "くぼみ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kubomi",
      "sense": "small depression or indentation in generic surface",
      "word": "凹み"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hekomi",
      "sense": "small depression or indentation in generic surface",
      "word": "へこみ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "gamze",
      "sense": "small depression or indentation in generic surface",
      "word": "غمزة"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "small depression or indentation in generic surface",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "covinha"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "small depression or indentation in generic surface",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "adâncitură"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "small depression or indentation in generic surface",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cufundătură"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "small depression or indentation in generic surface",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "scobitură"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "small depression or indentation in generic surface",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "scufundătură"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "jámka",
      "sense": "small depression or indentation in generic surface",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "я́мка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "výboina",
      "sense": "small depression or indentation in generic surface",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "вы́боина"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "small depression or indentation in generic surface",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hoyuelo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "small depression or indentation in generic surface",
      "word": "bula"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "small depression or indentation in generic surface",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "buckla"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "small depression or indentation in generic surface",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "inbuktning"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "small depression or indentation in generic surface",
      "word": "göçük"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "small depression or indentation in generic surface",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pannwl"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "small depression or indentation in generic surface",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "crych"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "small depression or indentation in generic surface",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pant"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḡammāza",
      "sense": "skin depression, especially at corners of the mouth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "غَمّازة"
    },
    {
      "code": "rup",
      "lang": "Aromanian",
      "sense": "skin depression, especially at corners of the mouth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "grupicã"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "skin depression, especially at corners of the mouth",
      "word": "qəmzə"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "trapčinka",
      "sense": "skin depression, especially at corners of the mouth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "трапчинка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "skin depression, especially at corners of the mouth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "clotet"
    },
    {
      "code": "hak",
      "lang": "Hakka Chinese",
      "roman": "jiuˋ fudˋ eˇ",
      "sense": "skin depression, especially at corners of the mouth",
      "word": "酒窟仔"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "roman": "zh-min-nan",
      "sense": "skin depression, especially at corners of the mouth",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "酒窟仔"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "skin depression, especially at corners of the mouth",
      "word": "酒窩"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jiǔwō",
      "sense": "skin depression, especially at corners of the mouth",
      "word": "酒窝"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "skin depression, especially at corners of the mouth",
      "word": "靨"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yè",
      "sense": "skin depression, especially at corners of the mouth",
      "word": "靥"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "skin depression, especially at corners of the mouth",
      "word": "酒渦"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jiǔwō",
      "sense": "skin depression, especially at corners of the mouth",
      "word": "酒涡"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "skin depression, especially at corners of the mouth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "důlek"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "skin depression, especially at corners of the mouth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dolík"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "skin depression, especially at corners of the mouth",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "kuiltje"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "skin depression, especially at corners of the mouth",
      "word": "hymykuoppa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "skin depression, especially at corners of the mouth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fossette"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "skin depression, especially at corners of the mouth",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Grübchen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "lakkáki",
      "sense": "skin depression, especially at corners of the mouth",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "λακκάκι"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "gumát khén",
      "sense": "skin depression, especially at corners of the mouth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "גומת חן \\ גֻּמַּת חֵן"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "gumá",
      "sense": "skin depression, especially at corners of the mouth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "גומה \\ גֻּמָּה"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "hilkorā",
      "sense": "skin depression, especially at corners of the mouth",
      "word": "हिलकोरा"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "skin depression, especially at corners of the mouth",
      "word": "gödröcske"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "skin depression, especially at corners of the mouth",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "spékoppur"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "skin depression, especially at corners of the mouth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "loigín"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "skin depression, especially at corners of the mouth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fossetta"
    },
    {
      "alt": "えくぼ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ekubo",
      "sense": "skin depression, especially at corners of the mouth",
      "word": "靨"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ekubo",
      "sense": "skin depression, especially at corners of the mouth",
      "word": "えくぼ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "dinpuru",
      "sense": "skin depression, especially at corners of the mouth",
      "word": "ディンプル"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "bojogae",
      "sense": "skin depression, especially at corners of the mouth",
      "word": "보조개"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "borumul",
      "sense": "skin depression, especially at corners of the mouth",
      "word": "볼우물"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "skin depression, especially at corners of the mouth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gelasīnus"
    },
    {
      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "skin depression, especially at corners of the mouth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Kailchen"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "skin depression, especially at corners of the mouth",
      "word": "ngongo"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "skin depression, especially at corners of the mouth",
      "word": "aniishtłʼah"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "skin depression, especially at corners of the mouth",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "smilehull"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "skin depression, especially at corners of the mouth",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "smilehól"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "skin depression, especially at corners of the mouth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dołeczek"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "skin depression, especially at corners of the mouth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "covinha"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "skin depression, especially at corners of the mouth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gropiță"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "jámočka",
      "sense": "skin depression, especially at corners of the mouth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "я́мочка"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "skin depression, especially at corners of the mouth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "jamka"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "skin depression, especially at corners of the mouth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hoyuelo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "skin depression, especially at corners of the mouth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "camanance"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "skin depression, especially at corners of the mouth",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "smilgrop"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "skin depression, especially at corners of the mouth",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "skrattgrop"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "skin depression, especially at corners of the mouth",
      "word": "biloy"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "lák-yím",
      "sense": "skin depression, especially at corners of the mouth",
      "word": "ลักยิ้ม"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "skin depression, especially at corners of the mouth",
      "word": "gamze"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "skin depression, especially at corners of the mouth",
      "word": "lúm đồng tiền"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "skin depression, especially at corners of the mouth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bochdwll"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "kheyn-gribl",
      "sense": "skin depression, especially at corners of the mouth",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "חן־גריבל"
    }
  ],
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    "dimple"
  ],
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}

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    "English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
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    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
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    "English terms suffixed with -le (diminutive noun)",
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    "English terms with audio links",
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    "Requests for review of Mandarin translations",
    "Requests for review of Spanish translations",
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle English dympull, likely from Proto-Germanic *dumpila- (“sink-hole, dimple”), from Proto-Germanic *dumpa- (“hole, hollow, pit”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewb- (“deep, hollow”), equivalent to dialectal dump (“deep hole or pool”) + -le (diminutive suffix).\nAkin to Old High German tumphilo (“pool”) (whence German Tümpel) and Old English dyppan (“to dip”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "dimples",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dimpling",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dimpled",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dimpled",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "dimple (third-person singular simple present dimples, present participle dimpling, simple past and past participle dimpled)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The hailstorm dimpled the roof of our car.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To create a dimple in."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "create",
          "create"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To create a dimple in."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The young girl dimpled in glee as she was handed a cupcake.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To create a dimple in one's face by smiling."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "smiling",
          "smiling"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To create a dimple in one's face by smiling."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To form dimples; to sink into depressions or little inequalities."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdɪmpəl/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪmpəl"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dimple.wav",
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "create a dimple in",
      "word": "dent"
    },
    {
      "sense": "create a dimple in",
      "word": "mar"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "create a dimple in",
      "word": "blutsen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "create a dimple in",
      "word": "indeuken"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "create a dimple in",
      "word": "deuken"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "create a dimple in",
      "word": "kolhaista"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "create a dimple in",
      "word": "kolhia"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "create a dimple in",
      "word": "tehdä lommo"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "create a dimple in",
      "word": "eindellen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "create a dimple in",
      "word": "einbeulen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ptychósei",
      "sense": "create a dimple in",
      "word": "πτυχώσει"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "create a dimple in",
      "word": "ondear"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "create a dimple in",
      "word": "cresta"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "dimple"
  ],
  "word": "dimple"
}
{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
  "msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": chiú-khut-á vs. zh-min-nan",
  "path": [
    "dimple"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "dimple",
  "trace": ""
}

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