dimple
Plural: dimples
Noun
- a chad that has been punched or dimpled but all four corners are still attached
- any slight depression in a surface
- "there are approximately 336 dimples on a golf ball"
- a small natural hollow in the cheek or chin
- "His dimple appeared whenever he smiled"
- A small depression or indentation in a surface.
- Specifically, a small natural depression on the skin, especially on the face near the corners of the mouth.
- A small depression, made with a punch on a metal object, as a guide for further drilling.
Verb
Verb Forms: dimpled, dimpling, dimples
- To form small, natural indentations on a surface.
- mark with, or as if with, dimples
- "drops dimpled the smooth stream"
- produce dimples while smiling
- "The child dimpled up to the adults"
- To create a dimple in.
- To create a dimple in one's face by smiling.
- To form dimples; to sink into depressions or little inequalities.
Examples
- The accident created a dimple in the hood of the car.
- The hailstorm dimpled the roof of our car.
- The young girl dimpled in glee as she was handed a cupcake.
- Winning causes a smile to DIMPLE the faces of Words With Friends players.
- You have very cute dimples.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English dimpel, dimpil, dympull, from Old English *dympel, from Proto-West Germanic *dumpil, from Proto-Germanic *dumpilaz (“sink-hole, dimple”), from Proto-Germanic *dumpaz (“hole, hollow, pit”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewb- (“deep, hollow”), equivalent to dialectal dump (“deep hole or pool”) + -le (diminutive suffix).
Akin to German Low German Dümpel, German Tümpel (“pond, pool”). Related also to Old English dyppan (“to dip”).
Scrabble Score: 11
dimple: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Worddimple: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
dimple: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary