grabble
/ˈɡrab(ə)l
/verb [no object] archaic
1Feel or search with the hands; grope about.They deserve to grabble in the dirt and get nothing for it but a dry gut-rumble....
- I managed to tread on another rock, which made me wobble a bit, Danielle quickly grabbling me to stop me plummeting over the side to my death.
- I nodded, surprised, and wondering why I'd confide in a teacher, then grabbled my backpack and left the classroom.
2Sprawl or tumble on all fours.
Origin
Late 16th century: probably from Dutch grabbelen 'scramble for a thing', from Middle Dutch grabben (see grab).
Rhymes
- predictive dialer
- predictive dialing
- predictive dialler
- predictive dialling
- predictively
- predictive medicine
- predictiveness
- predictivity
- predictor
- predictory
- predifinition
- predigastric
- predigest
- predigestion
- predigital
- predikant
- predilect
- predilected
- predilection
- predilective
- prediluvian
- prediscover
- pre-discovery
- predisponent
- predisposal