a light touch or stroke

a small quantity of something moist or liquid

apply (usually a liquid) to a surface

hit lightly

a Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad

dip a foot or hand briefly into a liquid

play in or as if in water, as of small children

work with in an amateurish manner

bob forward and under so as to feed off the bottom of a body of water

covered with bright patches (often used in combination)

an amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge

any of numerous shallow-water ducks that feed by upending and dabbling

any of numerous shallow-water ducks that feed by upending and dabbling

small European grebe

a dicotyledonous genus of the family Ericaceae

low straggling evergreen shrub of western Europe represented by several varieties with flowers from white to rose-purple