What does "dimple" mean?
Dimple: A slight indentation on any surface. The garden pool's dark surface . . . Breaks into dimples small and bright. Wordsworth.
Additional senses
- 2.To form dimples; to sink into depressions or little inequalities. And smiling eddies dimpled on the main. Dryden.
- 3.To mark with dimples or dimplelike depressions. Shak.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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