scrabble Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an aimless drawing
    scribble; doodle.
  2. noun a board game in which words are formed from letters in patterns similar to a crossword puzzle; each letter has a value and those values are used to score the game
  3. verb feel searchingly
    grope for.
    • She groped for his keys in the dark
  4. verb write down quickly without much attention to detail
    scribble.

WordNet

Scrab"ble intransitive verb
Etymology
Freq. of scrape. Cf. Scramble, Scrawl, v. t.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Scrabbled ; present participle & verbal noun Scrabbling
Definitions
  1. To scrape, paw, or scratch with the hands; to proceed by clawing with the hands and feet; to scramble; as, to scrabble up a cliff or a tree.
    Now after a while Little-faith came to himself, and getting up made shift to scrabble on his way. Bunyan.
  2. To make irregular, crooked, or unmeaning marks; to scribble; to scrawl.
    David . . . scrabbled on the doors of the gate. 1. Sam. xxi. 13.
Scrab"ble transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To mark with irregular lines or letters; to scribble; as, to scrabble paper.
Scrab"ble noun
Definitions
  1. The act of scrabbing; a moving upon the hands and knees; a scramble; also, a scribble.

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