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scrabble

1

[ skrab-uhl ]

verb (used with object)

scrabbled, scrabbling.
  1. to scratch or scrape, as with the claws or hands.
  2. to grapple or struggle with or as if with the claws or hands.
  3. to scrawl; scribble.


verb (used without object)

scrabbled, scrabbling.
  1. to scratch or dig frantically with the hands; claw (often followed by at ):

    scrabbling at a locked door to escape the flames.

  2. to jostle or struggle for possession of something; grab or collect something in a disorderly way; scramble.

noun

  1. a scratching or scraping, as with the claws or hands.
  2. a scrawled or scribbled writing.
  3. a disorderly struggle for possession of something; scramble:

    After the fumble, there was a scrabble for the football.

Scrabble

2

[ skrab-uhl ]

Trademark.
  1. a 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.

Scrabble

1

/ ˈ²õ°ì°ùæ²úÉ™±ô /

noun

  1. a board game in which words are formed by placing lettered tiles in a pattern similar to a crossword puzzle
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

scrabble

2

/ ˈ²õ°ì°ùæ²úÉ™±ô /

verb

  1. intr; often foll by about or at to scrape (at) or grope (for), as with hands or claws
  2. to struggle (with)
  3. introften foll byfor to struggle to gain possession, esp in a disorderly manner
  4. to scribble
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. the act or an instance of scrabbling
  2. a scribble
  3. a disorderly struggle
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ³§³¦°ù²¹²ú²ú±ô±ð°ù, noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of scrabble1

1530–40; < Dutch schrabbelen to scratch, frequentative of schrabben to scrape
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of scrabble1

C16: from Middle Dutch shrabbelen, frequentative of shrabben to scrape
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Example Sentences

And, with the security of Europe under greater strain than at any time almost in living memory, can its leaders, who are currently scrabbling around, find an adequate response?

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Bombaa also complains about how ordinary Nairobians, often scrabbling to make a living, have to pay to enter some of their city’s most beautiful locations such as the arboretum or Karura forest.

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She said that smaller firms would be left "scrabbling to make sense" of the changes and called for a full consultation on each individual measure.

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Each will be given an allocation - enough so they're not scrabbling around trying to find a seat for their mum, but not enough to satisfy the inevitable requests from cousins they've not seen in years.

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It might not be up to John Cena standards, but she’s clearly figured at least a few things out along her scrabble to undeniable stardom.

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