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[ skrab -uh l ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈskræb əl / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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verb (used with object), scrab·bled, scrab·bling. to scratch or scrape, as with the claws or hands.
to grapple or struggle with or as if with the claws or hands.
SEE MORE SEE LESS verb (used without object), scrab·bled, scrab·bling. to scratch or dig frantically with the hands; claw (often followed 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.
noun 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.
SEE MORE SEE LESS Origin of scrabble 1530–40; <Dutch schrabbelen to scratch, frequentative of schrabben to scrape
OTHER WORDS FROM scrabble scrabbler, noun Words nearby scrabble scozza, SCP, SCPO, SCQF, SCR, scrabble , scrabbly, scrag, scraggly, scraggy, scram
Definition for scrabble (2 of 2) [ skrab -uh l ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈskræb əl / PHONETIC RESPELLING
Trademark . 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.
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Example sentences from the Web for scrabble Note: Unusual words that are playable in Scrabble appear in this article in boldface.
Well, La Ti Da: Stephin Merritt’s Winning Little Words of Scrabble | David Bukszpan| October 11, 2014| DAILY BEAST
The book came out 30 years ago, and the film was an even bigger flop than that after-school Scrabble club you tried to start.
Beseech Your Children Well With Plot-Spoilers | Bill Schulz| March 27, 2014| DAILY BEAST
The best Scrabble game I could come up with would be me, Jon Hamm, and Dane DeHaan.
Daniel Radcliffe on ‘Kill Your Darlings,’ Love Scenes, and What’s Next | Marlow Stern| October 15, 2013| DAILY BEAST
It even threatens such veteran horizontally integrated favorites as Scrabble , solitaire, and the crossword puzzle.
Sorry, Folks, Playing Dots Won’t Make You Smarter | Kent Sepkowitz| June 20, 2013| DAILY BEAST
Some are playing the electronic version of Scrabble , one of the most venerable games around.
Barack Obama’s Campaign Scoring Points With Video Gamers | Lauren Ashburn| September 28, 2012| DAILY BEAST
I say it not in envy, but with the awe of one who has had to scrabble and who sees endless scrabbling ahead.
Jewel Weed | Alice Ames Winter
Down would go the chained hands to scrabble in the grass for it, and then the picking would go on again.
The Escape of Mr. Trimm | Irvin S. Cobb
He felt the clutch of midget fingers in his hair, the scrabble of her legs at his shoulders, and he swam for his life.
Wilderness of Spring | Edgar Pangborn
And what do you scrabble in the air with your fingers for, and cry?
Pelle the Conqueror, Complete | Martin Anderson Nexo
Better the unloosed rage of the fiend than the scrabble of self-complacent idiocy.
On the Old Road Vol. 1 (of 2) | John Ruskin
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British Dictionary definitions for scrabble (1 of 2) verb (intr; often foll by about or at) to scrape (at) or grope (for), as with hands or claws
to struggle (with)
(intr often foll by for ) to struggle to gain possession, esp in a disorderly manner
to scribble
noun the act or an instance of scrabbling
a scribble
SEE MORE SEE LESS Word Origin for scrabble C16: from Middle Dutch shrabbelen, frequentative of shrabben to scrape
British Dictionary definitions for scrabble (2 of 2) noun trademark a board game in which words are formed by placing lettered tiles in a pattern similar to a crossword puzzle
Derived forms of Scrabble Scrabbler , noun 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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