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Entry 4 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Dimple

/dĭm'-pəl/ · Dim·ple · IPA /ˈdɪmpəl/
01 n. A slight natural depression or indentation on the surface of some part of the body, esp. on the cheek or chin.
  1. 1.
    A slight natural depression or indentation on the surface of some part of the body, esp. on the cheek or chin.
    “The dimple of her chin.” — Prior.
  2. 2.
    A slight indentation on any surface.
    “The garden pool's dark surface . . . Breaks into dimples small and bright.” — Wordsworth.
02 v. i. To form dimples; to sink into depressions or little inequalities.
imp. & p. p. Dimpled; p. pr. & vb. n. Dimpling
  1. 1.
    To form dimples; to sink into depressions or little inequalities.
    “And smiling eddies dimpled on the main.” — Dryden.
03 v. t. To mark with dimples or dimplelike depressions.
  1. 1.
    To mark with dimples or dimplelike depressions.