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dim·ple
(dĭm′pəl)n.
1. A small natural indentation in the flesh on a part of the human body, especially in the cheek or on the chin.
2. A slight depression or indentation in a surface.
v. dim·pled, dim·pling, dim·ples
v.intr.
To form dimples by smiling.
v.tr.
To produce dimples in.
[Middle English dimpel.]
dim′ply adj.
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dimple
(ˈdɪmpəl)n
1. a small natural dent or crease in the flesh, esp on the cheeks or chin
2. any slight depression in a surface
3. a bubble or dent in glass
vb
4. to make or become dimpled
5. (intr) to produce dimples by smiling
[C13 dympull; compare Old English dyppan to dip, German Tümpel pool]
ˈdimply adj
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dim•ple
(ˈdɪm pəl)n., v. -pled, -pling. n.
1. a small natural hollow, permanent or transient, on the surface of the human body, esp. one formed in the cheek in smiling.
v.t. 2. to mark with or as if with dimples; produce dimples in: A smile dimpled her face.
v.i. 3. to form or show dimples.
[1350–1400; Middle English dimpel, Old English *dympel; c. Old High German tumphilo deep place]
dim′ply, adj.
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dimple
Past participle: dimpled
Gerund: dimpling
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Noun | 1. | dimple - a chad that has been punched or dimpled but all four corners are still attached chad - a small piece of paper that is supposed to be removed when a hole is punched in a card or paper tape |
2. | dimple - any slight depression in a surface; "there are approximately 336 dimples on a golf ball" imprint, impression, depression - a concavity in a surface produced by pressing; "he left the impression of his fingers in the soft mud" | |
3. | dimple - a small natural hollow in the cheek or chin; "His dimple appeared whenever he smiled" imprint, impression, depression - a concavity in a surface produced by pressing; "he left the impression of his fingers in the soft mud" | |
Verb | 1. | dimple - mark with, or as if with, dimples; "drops dimpled the smooth stream" mark - make or leave a mark on; "the scouts marked the trail"; "ash marked the believers' foreheads" |
2. | dimple - produce dimples while smiling; "The child dimpled up to the adults" smile - change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure |
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dimple
noun indentation, pit, hollow, dip, dent, cleft, concavity cellulite causes orange peel-like dimples on the skin
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Translations
نُقْرَةُ الذَّقِن
dolíček
smilehul
kolhukololommo
gödröcske
spékoppur
bedrīte
jamica
dimple
[ˈdɪmpl]Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
dimple
n (on cheek, chin) → Grübchen nt; (= depression) → Delle f, → Vertiefung f; (on water) → Kräuselung f
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
dimple
(ˈdimpl) noun a small hollow especially on the surface of the skin. She has a dimple in her cheek when she smiles.
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dim·ple
n. hoyuelo o hendidura en la piel, esp. en la mejilla o la barbilla.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
dimple
n hoyueloEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.