Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: dimple
IPA transcription: [d'ɪmpəl]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: dimple
    Meaning: a small natural hollow in the cheek or chin; "His dimple appeared whenever he smiled"
  • Synonyms: dimple
    Meaning: any slight depression in a surface; "there are approximately 336 dimples on a golf ball"
  • Synonyms: dimpled_chad, pregnant_chad, dimple
    Meaning: a chad that has been punched or dimpled but all four corners are still attached
verb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: dimple
    Meaning: produce dimples while smiling; "The child dimpled up to the adults"
  • Synonyms: dimple
    Meaning: mark with, or as if with, dimples; "drops dimpled the smooth stream"
Usage examples
  • DIMPLE.
  • A dimple in the chin is lucky.
  • A bit of domestic fruit, consisting of blonde tresses, a dimple, and three bows of pink ribbon.
  • By this time she had managed to get back one dimple by turning her face aside for a moment and repeating the odd little sucking operation before mentioned, Jude being still unconscious of more than a general impression of her appearance.
  • As the girl drew nearer to it, she gave without Jude perceiving it, an adroit little suck to the interior of each of her cheeks in succession, by which curious and original manoeuvre she brought as by magic upon its smooth and rotund surface a perfect dimple, which she was able to retain there as long as she continued to smile.