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单词 dibble-dabble
释义

dibble-dabblen.

Etymology: A reduplication with vowel variation of dabble n., the form expressing repetition with alternation of intensity, as in bibble-babble, tittle-tattle, zig-zag, etc.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈdibble-ˈdabble.
colloquial or dialect.
literal. An irregular course of dabbling or splashing; figurative rubbish; also, uproar with violence.
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a1563 J. Bale King Johan (1969) i. 159 They are but dyble dable. I marvell ye can abyd suche byble bable.
1767 Countess Cowper in M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1862) 2nd Ser. I. 99 It turned out such a dibble-dabble... We have had March weather before March came.
1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Dibble-dabble, uproar, accompanied with violence.
1847–78 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words Dibble-dabble, rubbish. North.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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