[skrab-uh
l] 
verb, -bled, -bling, noun | 1. | to scratch or scrape, as with the claws or hands. |
| 2. | to grapple or struggle with or as if with the claws or hands. |
| 3. | to scrawl; scribble. |
| 4. | to scratch or dig frantically with the hands; claw (often fol. by at): scrabbling at a locked door to escape the flames. |
| 5. | to jostle or struggle for possession of something; grab or collect something in a disorderly way; scramble. |
| 6. | a scratching or scraping, as with the claws or hands. |
| 7. | a scrawled or scribbled writing. |
| 8. | a disorderly struggle for possession of something; scramble: After the fumble, there was a scrabble for the football. |
| scrab·ble (skrāb'əl) v. scrab·bled, scrab·bling, scrab·bles v. intr.
[Dutch schrabbelen, from Middle Dutch, frequentative of schrabben, to scrape; see sker-1 in Indo-European roots.] scrab'bler n., scrab'bly adj. |
| scrab·bled (skrāb'əld) adj. Covered with sparse vegetation; scrubby: "We can stand . . . and look out toward the scrabbled, snow-covered mountains in the west" (Russell Banks). |
