'Scrabble' definitions:
Definition of 'scrabble'
From: WordNet
noun
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
verb
Feel searchingly; "She groped for his keys in the dark" [syn: grope for, scrabble]
verb
Write down quickly without much attention to detail [syn: scribble, scrabble]
Definition of 'Scrabble'
From: GCIDE
- Scrabble \Scrab"ble\, n. The act of scrabbling; a moving upon the hands and knees; a scramble; also, a scribble. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Scrabble'
From: GCIDE
- Scrabble \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. [1913 Webster]
- Now after a while Little-faith came to himself, and getting up made shift to scrabble on his way. --Bunyan. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To make irregular, crooked, or unmeaning marks; to scribble; to scrawl. [1913 Webster]
- David . . . scrabbled on the doors of the gate. --1. Sam. xxi. 13. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Scrabble'
From: GCIDE
- Scrabble \Scrab"ble\, v. t. To mark with irregular lines or letters; to scribble; as, to scrabble paper. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'scrabble'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- all fours,
- barbouillage,
- beat about,
- bore,
- burrow,
- clamber,
- crawl,
- crawling,
- creep,
- creeping,
- delve,
- dig,
- dig out,
- dike,
- doodle,
- dredge,
- drill,
- drive,
- excavate,
- feel around,
- feel for,
- fumble,
- furrow,
- go on tiptoe,
- gouge,
- gouge out,
- grabble,
- groove,
- grope,
- grope for,
- grovel,
- grub,
- gumshoe,
- gumshoeing,
- hen scratches,
- hen tracks,
- inch,
- inch along,
- lower,
- mine,
- nightwalk,
- nightwalking,
- pad,
- padding,
- pattes de mouche,
- poke around,
- pothookery,
- pothooks,
- pothooks and hangers,
- prowl,
- prowling,
- pry around,
- pussyfoot,
- pussyfooting,
- quarry,
- sap,
- scoop,
- scoop out,
- scramble,
- scrape,
- scratch,
- scrawl,
- scribble,
- scribbling,
- shovel,
- sidle,
- sidling,
- sink,
- slink,
- slinking,
- snake,
- snaking,
- sneak,
- sneaking,
- spade,
- squiggle,
- steal,
- steal along,
- stealing,
- tippytoe,
- tiptoe,
- tiptoeing,
- trench,
- trough,
- tunnel,
- worm,
- worm along,
- worming