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Definition of Scrabble

1. Verb. Feel searchingly. "She groped for his keys in the dark"

2. Noun. An aimless drawing.

3. Verb. Write down quickly without much attention to detail.

4. 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.

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. Proper noun. (trademark) A board game in which players draw letter tiles and take turns to make interlocking words like a crossword, scoring points according to the letters played and their positions on the board. ¹

2. Verb. To scrape or scratch powerfully with hands or claws. ¹

3. Verb. (intransitive) To move something about by making rapid movements back and forth with the hands or paws. ¹

4. Verb. To scribble. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

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)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Scrabble

scowped scowping scowps scowrer scowrers scowrie scowries scows scowth scowther

scowthers scowths scrab scrabbed scrabbing scrabbled scrabbler scrabblers scrabbles scrabblier

scrabbliest scrabbling scrabblings scrabbly scraber scrabs scrae scraes scraffle

Literary usage of Scrabble

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"2. scrabble, sprawl, clamber. scramble, vi 1. See CONTEND. CLEAN, SWEEP. ... Referring to a delineation or picture: scratch, scrabble. scream, ..."

2. Children of the Tenements by Jacob August Riis (1904)
"SKIPPY OF scrabble ALLEY SKIPPY was at home in scrabble Alley. So far as he had ever known home of any kind it was there in the dark and mouldy basement of ..."

3. The Jolly Book of Playcraft by Patten Beard (1916)
"THE GAME OF scrabble Material Required to Make the Game of scrabble: a small ... The Game of scrabble is played by two players upon a long table that is ..."

4. Parts of the body in older Germanic and Scandinavian by Torild Washington Arnoldson (1916)
"SCRATCH, scrabble, Do ANYTHING VIGOROUSLY : WALK VIGOROUSLY OR RAPIDLY 23.01. NE. dial. clow scratch, claw; scold; beat; daub; climb; walk, work, eat, ..."

5. Mrs. Putnam's Receipt Book: And Young Housekeeper's Assistant by E. Putnam (1867)
"... HARD scrabble. Beat tip six eggs ; season with a little pepper and salt; put a piece of butter into the frying-pan. When it is very hot, turn in the egg ..."

6. The Life of John Warren, M.D.: Surgeon-general During the War of the by Edward Warren (1874)
"scrabble for Levi Ames' Body. — Resuscitation of a Convict. — Violation of the Grave. — Washington's Order. ..."

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