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[grab-uhl]

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verb (used without object), -bled, -bling.

to feel or search with the hands; grope.

to sprawl; scramble.

Origin:
1570–80; grab¹ + -le; compare Dutch grabbelen

Related forms

grab·bler, noun

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grabble (ˈɡræb^əl)

—vb
1.	(intr) to scratch or feel about with the hands
2.	(intr) to fall to the ground; sprawl
3.	(Caribbean) (tr) to seize rashly

[C16: probably from Dutch grabbelen, from grabben to grab]

'grabbler

—n

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