Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To dabble or paddle in water or mire.
  • noun A dabbling or playing in water; a splashing bath.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Scot. & Dial.Eng. Act of ploutering; floundering; act or sound of splashing.
  • intransitive verb Scot. & Dial. Eng. To wade or move about with splashing; to dabble; also, to potter; trifle; idle.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb Scotland, Ireland, dialect To splash around in something wet; to dabble.
  • verb Scotland, Ireland, dialect To potter.

Etymologies

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Probably from plout +‎ -er.

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