dimple

1. 1.

   mark with, or as if with, dimples

   “drops dimpled the smooth stream”

   Broadermark
2. 2.

   produce dimples while smiling

   “The child dimpled up to the adults”

   Broadersmile

Other forms of dimple

plural

dimples·

past tense

dimpled·

present participle

dimpling·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about dimple

What does dimple mean?

dimple means "a chad that has been punched or dimpled but all four corners are still attached". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in dimple?

dimple has 2 syllables: dim-ple. The stress falls on "dim". In IPA it is /ˈdɪmpəl/.

What is another word for dimple?

Close synonyms include dimpled chad, pregnant chad. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is dimple a common word?

dimple is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.