dabbled adj 1: covered with bright patches (often used in combination); "waves dabbled with moonlight"; "a blood-spattered room"; "gardens splashed with color"; "kitchen walls splattered with grease" [syn: {dabbled}, {spattered}, {splashed}, {splattered}]
Dabble \Dab"ble\ (d[a^]b"b'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dabbled} (d[a^]b"b'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Dabbling} (d[a^]b"bl[i^]ng).] [Freq. of dab: cf. OD. dabbelen.] To wet by little dips or strokes; to spatter; to sprinkle; to moisten; to wet. "Bright hair dabbled in blood." --Shak. [1913 Webster]