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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Scrabble \Scrab"ble\ (skr[a^]b"b'l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Scrabbled}; p. pr & vb n. {Scrabbling}.] [Freq. of scrape. Cf {Scramble}, {Scrawl}, v. t.] 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Scrabble \Scrab"ble\, v. t. To mark with irregular lines or letters; to scribble; as to scrabble paper. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Scrabble \Scrab"ble\, n. The act of scrabbling; a moving upon the hands and knees; a scramble; also a scribble. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: Scrabble n : (trademark) a game in which words are formed from letters in patterns similar to a crossword puzzle [syn: {Scrabble}] v 1: feel searchingly; "She groped for his keys in the dark" [syn: {grope for}] 2: write down quickly without much attention to detail [syn: {scribble}]
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