verb (v)

• dip a foot or hand briefly into a liquid(verb.motion)

  source: wordnet30
• play in or as if in water, as of small children(verb.social)

  Synonym:
  paddle, splash around
  

  source: wordnet30
• work with in an amateurish manner(verb.social)

  Example:
  She dabbles in astronomy.
  

  Synonym:
  play around, smatter
  

  source: wordnet30
• bob forward and under so as to feed off the bottom of a body of water(verb.motion)

  source: wordnet30
• To wet by little dips or strokes; to spatter; to sprinkle; to moisten; to wet.(verb)

  source: webster1913
• To play in water, as with the hands; to paddle or splash in mud or water.(verb)

  source: webster1913