Category:Scrabble

Scrab"ble, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Scrabbled; p. pr. & vb. n. Scrabbling.] Etym: [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.

Scrabble Scrab"ble, v. t.

Defn: to mark with irregular lines or letters; to scribble; as, to Scrabble paper.

Scrabble Scrab"ble, n.

Defn: the act of scrabbing; a moving upon the hands and knees; a Scramble; also, a scribble.