dimple 1 of 2

noun

Definition of dimplenext
as in pocket

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dimple

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verb

as in to dent

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Recent Examples of dimple
Noun
He's described as being cute, with chin-length dark hair, dimples and a diamond stud in one ear. — Jennifer McClellan, USA Today, 17 May 2026 Using your fingertips, make small dimples in dough, gently stretching and pushing toward edges to cover bottom of pan. — Melinda Salchert, Southern Living, 15 Feb. 2026
Verb
The new extension was designed to echo the district’s iconic machiya, wooden townhouses, and features dimpled naguri floors, bamboo screens, zelkova, chestnut and cherry wood touches. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Apr. 2026 The snowbanks by the entryway are dimpled by an assortment of kitten heels. — Literary Hub, 11 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for dimple
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dimple
  1. pocket
  2. dent
  3. cleft
  4. curl
  5. impression
  6. coil
  7. gouge
  8. spiral
Noun
  • Written and illustrated by Endrime co-founder Mohsin Sajid, the 120-page book focuses on making a 5-pocket selvedge Endrime jean—a fit based on a 1937 jean.
    — Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026
  • There’s so much rich storytelling within different pockets of identity.
    — Max Gao, HollywoodReporter, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of pocket
Verb
  • The Fed’s problem is that its best tool for fighting inflation doesn’t seem to be denting the demand for AI inputs.
    — Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 13 Oct. 2026
  • The fall was mainly due to worries over artificial intelligence financing and intensifying competition denting sentiment.
    — Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of dent
Noun
  • That is the cleft between the subjective and the objective, the finite and the infinite, the profane and the sacred.
    — Steven D. Reske, Chicago Tribune, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Wootten was born cleft-affected and with other craniofacial differences and started undergoing surgeries to correct those differences at just four months old.
    — Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of cleft
Verb
  • Diaby scored the winner on a nifty shot from outside the box, curling it into the top right corner of the net for his second goal in his eighth MLS match.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Cory Thiesse and Korey Dropkin, meanwhile, became the first American team to win a medal in Olympic mixed doubles curling, taking silver.
    — Preston Fore, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of curl
Noun
  • More than half of people using AI at work worried that using it on important tasks would create exactly that impression.
    — Christoph Trattner, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Then again, the album’s 15-minute runtime presupposes a complete lasting impression isn’t the point.
    — Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of impression
Verb
  • Even after this week's Houthi attack on a Saudi Aramco facility, WTI is coiled in a tight triangle between falling resistance in the low 100s and rising support near 90.
    — Todd Gordon, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2026
  • The song stays coiled, neither tightening its grip nor exploding into noise.
    — Sadie Sartini Garner, Pitchfork, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of coil
Noun
  • Won’t that allow brokers to buy up thousands of tickets and price-gouge?
    — Henry Bushnell, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
  • The crash immediately affected the boat and resulted in a 174-foot gouge, per Britannica.
    — Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 15 July 2026
Definition of gouge
Verb
  • The government’s counterinsurgency spiraled into widespread violence in which hundreds of civilians — most of them Alawites — were killed.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Emotions ran high at a Miami-Dade LA Fitness gym Wednesday, then turned violent when an argument over weights spiraled into a man being beaten with a dumbbell and chased around the facility, deputies say.
    — Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of spiral

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“Dimple.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dimple. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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