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"dabble" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often toy (3 letters).
Definitions
bob forward and under so as to feed off the bottom of a body of water
Word origin
From earlier dable, equivalent to dab + -le (frequentative suffix), possibly from Middle Dutch dabbelen (“to pinch; knead; to fumble; to dabble”); cognate with Icelandic dafla (“to dabble”).
Used in a sentence
“The children sat on the dock and dabbled their feet in the water.”
“She’s an actress by trade, but has been known to dabble in poetry.”
“As a parish priest in England he had dabbled in the black arts, seduced a number of his congregation from their faith and finally celebrated the Black Mass.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Try lightly”6 letters
02“Try casually”6 letters
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