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scrab⋅ble

[skrab-uhl] verb, -bled, -bling, noun
–verb (used with object)
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.
–verb (used without object)
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.
–noun
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.

Origin:
1530–40; < D schrabbelen to scratch, freq. of schrabben to scrape


scrabbler, noun
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