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 Definitions of dimple  [ˈdɪm pəl]  

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Definition of 'dimple' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) dimple
a small natural hollow, permanent or transient, on the surface of the human body, esp. one formed in the cheek in smiling.

2. (v.t.) dimple
to mark with or as if with dimples; produce dimples in:
A smile dimpled her face.

3. (v.i.) dimple
to form or show dimples.

Etymology:  (1350–1400; ME dimpel, OE *dympel; c. OHG tumphilo deep place)

Definition of 'dimple' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) dimpled chad, pregnant chad, dimple
a chad that has been punched or dimpled but all four corners are still attached

2. (noun) dimple
any slight depression in a surface
"there are approximately 336 dimples on a golf ball"

3. (verb) dimple
a small natural hollow in the cheek or chin
"His dimple appeared whenever he smiled"

4. (verb) dimple
mark with, or as if with, dimples
"drops dimpled the smooth stream"

5. (verb) dimple
produce dimples while smiling
"The child dimpled up to the adults"


Definition of 'dimple' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) dimple
a small hollow in sb's cheek when they smile


Definition of 'dimple' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) dimple
a slight natural depression or indentation on the surface of some part of the body, esp. on the cheek or chin

2. (noun) dimple
a slight indentation on any surface

3. (verb) dimple
to form dimples; to sink into depressions or little inequalities

4. (verb) dimple
to mark with dimples or dimplelike depressions


Translation of 'dimple' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a small hollow especially on the surface of the skin
She has a dimple in her cheek when she smiles.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: kuiltjie Arabic flag Arabic: نُقْرَةُ الذَّقِن Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: трапчинка
Brazilian flag Brazilian: covinha Czech flag Czech: dolíček German flag German: das Grübchen
Danish flag Danish: smilehul Greek flag Greek: λακκάκι Spanish flag Spanish: hoyuelo
Estonian flag Estonian: lohk Farsi flag Farsi: چال Finnish flag Finnish: hymykuoppa
French flag French: fossette Hebrew flag Hebrew: גוּמָת חֵן Hindi flag Hindi: गालों में पड़ने वाला गड्ढ
Croatian flag Croatian: jamica na licu, mreškanje Hungarian flag Hungarian: gödröcske (arcon) Indonesian flag Indonesian: dekik, lesung pipit
Icelandic flag Icelandic: spékoppur Italian flag Italian: fossetta Japanese flag Japanese: えくぼ
Korean flag Korean: 보조개 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: duobutė Latvian flag Latvian: bedrīte (vaigā, zodā)
Malay flag Malay: lesung pipit Dutch flag Dutch: kuiltje Norwegian flag Norwegian: smilehull, kløft i haken,
Polish flag Polish: dołek Persian flag Persian: چال Pashto flag Pashto: نیرنگ،چال
Portuguese flag Portuguese: covinha Romanian flag Romanian: gropiţă Russian flag Russian: ямочка
Slovak flag Slovak: jamka Slovenian flag Slovenian: jamica Serbian flag Serbian: jamica
Swedish flag Swedish: liten grop (fördjupning), Thai flag Thai: ลักยิ้ม Turkish flag Turkish: gamze
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 靨,酒窩 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: ямочка Urdu flag Urdu: چہرے پر خصوصا گال یا ٹھوڑ
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: lúm đồng tiền Chinese flag Chinese: 靥,酒窝

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