dimple

noun dim·ple \ ˈdim-pəl \

Updated on: 9 May 2018

Definition of dimple

1 anatomy : a slight natural indentation in the surface of some part of the human body

noticed his dimples when he smiled

2 : a depression or indentation on a surface (as of a golf ball)

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dimply

play \-p(ə-)lē\ adjective

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Examples of dimple in a Sentence

She noticed his dimples when he smiled.
the dimples on a golf ball

Recent Examples of dimple from the Web

Each strip is twisted into a beautiful swirl, and punctuated with more of a dimple than a hole.

— jean trinh, Los Angeles Magazine, "A Former New Jerseyan’s Pop-Up Is Serving Fresh Bagels Right Out of the Oven," 26 Mar. 2018
Slim headlamps slope downward toward the Toyota logo on the front of the RAV4, while the lower intake is framed by a bumper with contrasting angles, creating a sort of open-mouthed frown punctuated by fog-lamp dimples on either side.

— michael simari, Car and Driver, "2018 Toyota RAV4," 16 Mar. 2018
One of the 17 untitled works is predominantly crimson, with gold and green along the sides and a dark dimple that suggests the heart of a blossom, close-up, blurred.

— leah ollman, latimes.com, "Markus Amm's luminous paintings, like portals into liquid worlds of color," 13 Mar. 2018
Then oil your hands again and play the piano on the soft dough, creating dimples all over, an inch apart or so.

— alex beggs, Bon Appetit, "Be a Person Who Makes Focaccia on the Regular," 6 Mar. 2018
In Think Coffee, a man in a blazer, holding two hot drinks, waited while the pair examined the dimples on the compostable lids.

— jane mayer, The New Yorker, "Two Design Geeks Crazed for Coffee-Cup Lids," 19 Feb. 2018
There was Dan, life-size, laughing, his trademark dimples and high cheekbones.

— s. kirk walsh, Longreads, "From One Friendship, Lessons on Life, Death, AIDS and Childlessness," 22 Jan. 2018
Similarly, stinkbugs suck the juice out of apples through nearly invisible punctures, leaving the exteriors Edenically enticing; only later, when the empty cells start to collapse, does the fruit begin to darken and dimple.

— steven strogatz, The New Yorker, "When Twenty-Six Thousand Stinkbugs Invade Your Home," 8 Aug. 2011
Every curvature and dimple serves as a metaphorical middle finger to the patriarchal body-shaming status quo.

— jessamyn stanley, Marie Claire, "Thin? Fat? Who Cares? Wear the Yoga Leggings," 21 Feb. 2018

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