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
Words Nearby scrabble
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
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I guess that’s actually one of the rules of scrabble, not trail usage.
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Well, La Ti Da: Stephin Merritt’s Winning Little Words of Scrabble | David Bukszpan | October 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTNote: Unusual words that are playable in scrabble appear in this article in boldface.
Well, La Ti Da: Stephin Merritt’s Winning Little Words of Scrabble | David Bukszpan | October 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
So just how much time have we spent engaged with the scrabble-like word game?
‘Selfie’ Has Been Played 18,000 Times on Words With Friends | Kevin Fallon | October 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe book came out 30 years ago, and the film was an even bigger flop than that after-school scrabble club you tried to start.
Wake up, walk dog, play a little online scrabble, start to work.
Down would go the chained hands to scrabble in the grass for it, and then the picking would go on again.
The Escape of Mr. Trimm | Irvin S. CobbThere used to be a very messy, rocky desert here, and we used to have to scrabble and scratch our way to the monument.
The Colors of Space | Marion Zimmer BradleyAt this mention of him she reached forward and began to scrabble things hastily into the trunk.
Mary Ware's Promised Land | Annie Fellows JohnstonI inclose with this the pages of feeble scribble-scrabble which the creature Sharpin calls a report.
Masterpieces of Mystery In Four Volumes | VariousI 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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