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How to pronounce “dabble”

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Pronunciation guide for dabble

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of dabble with real speech in context.
Available examples: 8 YouTube examples
Real speech example: Nabiha Saklayen: Could you recover from illness ... using your own stem cells?But I also decided to dabble in biology.
Definition summary: (transitive) To make slightly wet or soiled by spattering or sprinkling a liquid (such as water, mud, or paint) on it; to bedabble. [from late 16th c.]

Example 1 of 8

Nabiha Saklayen: Could you recover from illness ... using your own stem cells?

But I also decided to dabble in biology.

[Verb]
(transitive) To make slightly wet or soiled by spattering or sprinkling a liquid (such as water, mud, or paint) on it; to bedabble. [from late 16th c.]
(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.
(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.
(intransitive, figuratively) To participate or have an interest in an activity in a casual or superficial way.
(intransitive, obsolete) To interfere or meddle in; to tamper with.
[Noun]
A spattering or sprinkling of a liquid.
An act of splashing in soft mud, water, etc.
An act of participation in an activity in a casual or superficial way.

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