scrabble
to scratch or scrape, as with the claws or hands.
to grapple or struggle with or as if with the claws or hands.
to scrawl; scribble.
to scratch or dig frantically with the hands; claw (often followed by at): scrabbling at a locked door to escape the flames.
to jostle or struggle for possession of something; grab or collect something in a disorderly way; scramble.
a scratching or scraping, as with the claws or hands.
a scrawled or scribbled writing.
a disorderly struggle for possession of something; scramble: After the fumble, there was a scrabble for the football.
Origin of scrabble
1Other words from scrabble
- scrabbler, noun
Other definitions for Scrabble (2 of 2)
a brand name for a game combining anagrams and crosswords in which two to four players use counters of various point values to form words on a playing board.
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How to use scrabble in a sentence
If you’re tired of playing cards, scrabble, and Monopoly, pull out these beautiful wood dominos to create hours of entertainment for the entire family.
Now it resembled a grey old heel of cheese, with a little scrabbling in one corner.
Mushroom Town | Oliver OnionsThe scrabbling of the hands under the cloth was to smooth out the leaves after it was freed from this covering.
The Wanderings of a Spiritualist | Arthur Conan DoyleThe blackness started to reel down, but my reflexes are fast and I made one swift, scrabbling step forward.
The Door Through Space | Marion Zimmer BradleyThe fellow uttered a howl as though seared with a hot iron, and scrabbling away from the fire, left the convict free access.
The Gold Hunter's Adventures | William H. Thomes
I say it not in envy, but with the awe of one who has had to scrabble and who sees endless scrabbling ahead.
Jewel Weed | Alice Ames Winter
British Dictionary definitions for scrabble (1 of 2)
/ (ˈskræbəl) /
(intr; often foll by about or at) to scrape (at) or grope (for), as with hands or claws
to struggle (with)
(intr often foll by for) to struggle to gain possession, esp in a disorderly manner
to scribble
the act or an instance of scrabbling
a scribble
a disorderly struggle
Origin of scrabble
1British Dictionary definitions for Scrabble (2 of 2)
/ (ˈskræbəl) /
trademark a board game in which words are formed by placing lettered tiles in a pattern similar to a crossword puzzle
Derived forms of Scrabble
- Scrabbler, noun
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