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Noun: dimple  dim-pul
  1. A small natural hollow in the cheek or chin
    "His dimple appeared whenever he smiled"
     
  2. Any slight depression in a surface
    "there are approximately 336 dimples on a golf ball"
     
  3. A chad that has been punched or dimpled but all four corners are still attached
    "The ballot controversy centred on whether dimples should be counted as votes";
    - dimpled chad, pregnant chad
Verb: dimple  dim-pul
  1. Produce dimples while smiling
    "The child dimpled up to the adults"
     
  2. Mark with, or as if with, dimples
    "drops dimpled the smooth stream"

Derived forms: dimpled, dimples, dimpling

Type of: chad, depression, impression, imprint, mark, smile

Encyclopedia: Dimple, Derbyshire