To dabble in something

Dabble is not a word you'll hear a lot in post soviet countries, however, in America and in Canada, we use this word quite a lot.

To dabble is to try something out. To play around with as they say. Programmers can dabble in many programming languages before they choose which one they really like. 

I myself have dabbled in different fields like Video Editing, Photo Editing, and screenplay writing. Each of those fields I think I could be very successful as I have accomplished something every time I tried something new.

Some people have dabbled in the stock market and lost a lot of money. Others have been very successful. To dabble is to take some risk. They're risk takers, and then they're those who are cautious about what they do. 

Let's look at the CNBC video where they talk about dabbling. This video is about Youtube owning the Video Streaming World. After all, most of it is free.

08:12

They were dabbling in content in that world of Netflix and Amazon and

They use dabbling in past using past continuous form. They don't dabble anymore with content that Netflix and Amazon are king in. Who could compete with those guys. Kolomoisky?

You'll find the video here, and please scroll down to the 8 minute mark.