Definitions for: Scrabble


[n] (trademark) 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
[v] write down quickly without much attention to detail
[v] feel searchingly; "She groped for his keys in the dark"



Webster (1913) Definition: Scrab"ble (skr[a^]b"b'l), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Scrabbled; p. pr. & vb. n. Scrabbling.] [Freq. of scrape.
Cf. Scramble, Scrawl, v. t.]
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, v. t.
To mark with irregular lines or letters; to scribble; as, to
scrabble paper.


Scrab"ble, n.
The act of scrabbling; a moving upon the hands and knees; a
scramble; also, a scribble.

Synonyms: grope for, scribble

See Also: board game, feel, word game, write

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