scrabbling

Variant of scrabble

scrabble definition

scrab·ble (skrab′əl)

intransitive verb scrabbled -·bled, scrabbling -·bling

  1. to scratch, scrape, or paw as though looking for something
  2. to struggle
  3. to scribble; make meaningless marks

Etymology: Du schrabbelen < schrabben, to scrape: for IE base see scrape

transitive verb

  1. to scrape together quickly
    1. to scribble
    2. to scribble on

noun

  1. a scraping with the hands or paws
  2. a scramble
  3. a scribble; scrawl
  4. a struggle
a word game played with lettered tiles placed as in a crossword puzzle

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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