dimple Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a chad that has been punched or dimpled but all four corners are still attached
    dimpled chad; pregnant chad.
  2. noun any slight depression in a surface
    • there are approximately 336 dimples on a golf ball
  3. noun a small natural hollow in the cheek or chin
    • His dimple appeared whenever he smiled
  4. verb mark with, or as if with, dimples
    • drops dimpled the smooth stream
  5. verb produce dimples while smiling
    • The child dimpled up to the adults

WordNet

Dim"ple noun
Etymology
Prob. a nasalized dim. of dip. See Dip, and cf. Dimble.
Definitions
  1. A slight natural depression or indentation on the surface of some part of the body, esp. on the cheek or chin. Milton.
    The dimple of her chin. Prior.
  2. A slight indentation on any surface.
    The garden pool's dark surface . . . Breaks into dimples small and bright. Wordsworth.
Dim"ple intransitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Dimpled ; present participle & verbal noun Dimpling
Definitions
  1. To form dimples; to sink into depressions or little inequalities.
    And smiling eddies dimpled on the main. Dryden.
Dim"ple transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To mark with dimples or dimplelike depressions. Shak.

Webster 1913