dabble russian

• балова́ться

  to fool around, to play about, to misbehave, to get up to mischief

  to mess around with, to play with, to fiddle with

  to indulge in (occasionally), to dabble in, to treat oneself to

• побалова́ться

  to dabble, to play around, to indulge in

• поковыря́ть

  to pick at, to poke at, to scratch at, to dabble in

• приторго́вывать

  to trade on the side, to dabble in trade, to do a little trading

• поде́лывать

  to do from time to time, to dabble in, to tinker with, to do occasionally

• дилета́нт

  amateur, dilettante, dabbler

• верхогля́д

  smatterer, superficial person, dabbler, dilettante

  skygazer, predatory carp

• верхогля́дка

  superficial person, shallow person, dabbler

• приторго́вывавший

  who dabbled in trade, who did a little trading, having dabbled in trade

Examples

• Приторговывавший старыми книгами дедушка знал многих коллекционеров.

  The grandfather who dabbled in selling old books knew many collectors.