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Word entry · 6 letters

dimple

Best crossword clue

"Small cheek hollow"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈdɪm.pəl/Part of speech verb, nounSorted deilmpStarts with DEnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. produce dimples while smiling

Word origin

From Middle English dimpel, dimpil, dympull, from Old English *dympel (“pit, depression”), 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, pool”) + -le (diminutive suffix).

Used in a sentence

  • The accident created a dimple in the hood of the car.
  • The garden pool's dark surface […] breaks into dimples small and bright.
  • You have very cute dimples.

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