Anagrams of: DAPPERLINGS

• a small contrasting part of something

• colour with streaks or blotches of different shades

• a tool consisting of several hooks for grasping and holding; often thrown with a rope

• a dredging bucket with hinges like the shell of a clam

• the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat

• succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available

• to grip or seize, as in a wrestling match

• process or result of distributing or extending over a wide expanse of space

• the opening of a subject to widespread discussion and debate

• act of extending over a wider scope or expanse of space or time

• a blow from a flat object (as an open hand)

• the act of smacking something; a blow delivered with an open hand

• directly

• hit with something flat, like a paddle or the open hand

• to play music at loud volume

• inform (somebody) of something

• make aware of

• gain in value

• increase the value of

• a decrease of transmitted power in a mechanical system caused by slipping

• decline from a standard level of performance or achievement

• failing to hold or slipping out of place

• begging

• (law) a statement in legal and logical form stating something on behalf of a party to a legal proceeding