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From Middle English dympull, likely from Proto-Germanic *dumpila- (“sink-hole, dimple”), from Proto-Germanic *dumpa- (“hole, hollow, pit”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewb- (“deep, hollow”), equivalent to dialectal dump (“deep hole or pool”) +‎ -le (diminutive suffix).

Akin to Old High German tumphilo (“pool”) (whence German Tümpel) and Old English dyppan (“to dip”).

dimple (plural dimples)

A small depression or indentation in a surface.
The accident created a dimple in the hood of the car.
- 1815, William Wordsworth, The White Doe of Rylstone; or, The Fate of the Nortons:
  The garden pool's dark surface […] breaks into dimples small and bright.
Specifically, a small natural depression on the skin, especially on the face near the corners of the mouth.
You have very cute dimples.

small depression or indentation in generic surface

Arabic: نُقْرَة f (nuqra)
Egyptian Arabic: غمازة f (ġamāza)
Bulgarian: падина (bg) f (padina)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 凹 (zh) (āo)
Dutch: bult (nl), gaatje (nl) n
Finnish: kolo (fi), lommo (fi), kolhu (fi)
French: alvéole (fr) m or f
German: Delle (de) f, Beule (de) f
Irish: loigín m
Italian: bozza (it) f
Japanese: 凹み (ja) (くぼみ, kubomi), へこみ (ja) (hekomi)
Ottoman Turkish: غمزة (gamze)
Portuguese: covinha (pt) f
Romanian: adâncitură (ro) f, cufundătură (ro) f, scobitură (ro) f, scufundătură (ro) f
Russian: я́мка (ru) f (jámka), вы́боина (ru) f (výboina)
Spanish: hoyuelo (es) m
Swedish: bula (sv), buckla (sv) c, inbuktning (sv) c
Turkish: göçük (tr)
Welsh: pannwl m, crych (cy) m, pant m

skin depression, especially at corners of the mouth

dimple (third-person singular simple present dimples, present participle dimpling, simple past and past participle dimpled)

(transitive) To create a dimple in.
The hailstorm dimpled the roof of our car.
(intransitive) To create a dimple in one's face by smiling.
The young girl dimpled in glee as she was handed a cupcake.
To form dimples; to sink into depressions or little inequalities.
- 1667, John Dryden, Annus Mirabilis: The Year of Wonders, 1666. […], London: […] Henry Herringman, […], →OCLC, (please specify the stanza number):
  And smiling eddies dimpled o'er the main.

create a dimple in

create dimples in face by smiling