Dăb'chĭck, n.

n. [From dab, equivalent to dip, and chick.] 1. (Ornith.) A certain water-fowl allied to the grebe, of the family Colymbus, and genus Podiceps; — called also dipchick, didapper, and dobchick. As when a dabchick waddles through the copse. Pope. 2. A babyish person. Wright.