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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024scrab•ble /ˈskræbəl/USA pronunciation v. [no object], -bled, -bling. - to scratch frantically with the hands or claws:scrabbled furiously at the dirt in the tunnel.
- to struggle in a disorderly way:scrabbled around looking for his glasses.
scrab•bler, n. [countable]Scrab•ble /ˈskræbəl/USA pronunciation - Games[Trademark.][uncountable] a board game in which players form words with lettered squares having various point values.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024scrab•ble (skrab′əl),USA pronunciation v., -bled, -bling, n. v.t. - 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. v.i. - to scratch or dig frantically with the hands;
claw (often fol. 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. n. - 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.
- Dutch schrabbelen to scratch, frequentative of schrabben to scrape
- 1530–40
scrab′bler, n. Scrab•ble (skrab′əl),USA pronunciation [Trademark.]- Games, Trademarksa 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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