dabble

Short definition from Wiktionary

Verb

1. 1
   To make slightly wet or soiled by spattering or sprinkling a liquid (such as water, mud, or paint) on it; to bedabble.
2. 2
   To cause splashing by moving a body part like a bill or limb in soft mud, water, etc., often playfully; to play in shallow water; to paddle.
3. 3
   To feed without diving, by submerging the head and neck underwater to seek food, often also tipping up the tail straight upwards above the water.
4. 4
   To participate or have an interest in an activity in a casual or superficial way.
5. 5
   To interfere or meddle in; to tamper with.

Noun

1. 1
   A spattering or sprinkling of a liquid.
2. 2
   An act of splashing in soft mud, water, etc.
3. 3
   An act of participation in an activity in a casual or superficial way.