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Definition of Scrabble
1. Noun. An aimless drawing.
2. Verb. Feel searchingly. "She groped for his keys in the dark"
3. 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.
4. Verb. Write down quickly without much attention to detail.
Definition of Scrabble
1. v. i. 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.
2. v. t. To mark with irregular lines or letters; to scribble; as, to scrabble paper.
3. n. The act of scrabbling; a moving upon the hands and knees; a scramble; also, a scribble.
Definition of Scrabble
1. to claw or grope about frantically [v -BLED, -BLING, -BLES]
Medical Definition of Scrabble
1. 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) Origin: Freq. Of scrape. Cf. Scramble, Scrawl. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)