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scrabble
scrab·ble S0163300 (skrăb′əl)v. scrab·bled, scrab·bling, scrab·bles v.intr.1. To scrape or grope about frenetically with the hands or paws: "They often scrabbled through kitchen drawers looking for coins to buy bread" (Steve Friedman).2. To move or climb with scrambling, disorderly haste: scrabbled down the rocks to the water.3. To struggle or work hard in a disorderly or desperate fashion: "For quite some time I scrabbled around, playing the piano at jazz bars, doing whatever ... journalism I could get" (Frank Conroy).4. To write hastily or make disordered markings; scribble.v.tr.1. To make or obtain by frenetic or desperate action: scrabble a living from soil depleted of nutrients.2. a. To scrape or scratch (a surface): "Tubal got him a pointed rod / And scrabbled the earth for corn" (Rudyard Kipling).b. To move or arrange hastily with the hands: "The next flat tombstone was covered with leaves. I scrabbled the dust away" (Ray Bradbury).3. To scribble or write down hastily: scrabbled the answer on a sheet of paper.n.1. The act or an instance of scrabbling.2. A scribble; a doodle.
[Dutch schrabbelen, from Middle Dutch, frequentative of schrabben, to scrape; see sker- in Indo-European roots.]
scrab′bler n.scrab′bly adj.scrabble (ˈskræbəl) vb1. (intr; often foll by about or at) to scrape (at) or grope (for), as with hands or claws2. to struggle (with)3. (often foll by: for) to struggle to gain possession, esp in a disorderly manner4. to scribblen5. the act or an instance of scrabbling6. a scribble7. a disorderly struggle[C16: from Middle Dutch shrabbelen, frequentative of shrabben to scrape]
Scrabble (ˈskræbəl) n (Games, other than specified) trademark a board game in which words are formed by placing lettered tiles in a pattern similar to a crossword puzzle ˈScrabbler nscrab•ble (ˈskræb əl)
v. -bled, -bling,
n. v.i. 1. to scratch or dig frantically with the hands or claws. 2. to struggle in a disorderly way; scramble. v.t. 3. to scratch or scrape, as with the claws or hands. 4. to gather hastily; scrape together. 5. to scrawl; scribble. n. 6. a scratching or scraping, as with the claws or hands. 7. a scrawled or scribbled writing. 8. a disorderly struggle for possession of something; scramble. [1530–40; < Dutch schrabbelen to scratch, frequentative of schrabben to scrape] scrab′bler, n. scrabble
Past participle: scrabbled
Gerund: scrabbling
| Imperative |
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| scrabble | | scrabble |
| Present |
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| I scrabble | | you scrabble | | he/she/it scrabbles | | we scrabble | | you scrabble | | they scrabble |
| Preterite |
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| I scrabbled | | you scrabbled | | he/she/it scrabbled | | we scrabbled | | you scrabbled | | they scrabbled |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am scrabbling | | you are scrabbling | | he/she/it is scrabbling | | we are scrabbling | | you are scrabbling | | they are scrabbling |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have scrabbled | | you have scrabbled | | he/she/it has scrabbled | | we have scrabbled | | you have scrabbled | | they have scrabbled |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was scrabbling | | you were scrabbling | | he/she/it was scrabbling | | we were scrabbling | | you were scrabbling | | they were scrabbling |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had scrabbled | | you had scrabbled | | he/she/it had scrabbled | | we had scrabbled | | you had scrabbled | | they had scrabbled |
| Future |
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| I will scrabble | | you will scrabble | | he/she/it will scrabble | | we will scrabble | | you will scrabble | | they will scrabble |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have scrabbled | | you will have scrabbled | | he/she/it will have scrabbled | | we will have scrabbled | | you will have scrabbled | | they will have scrabbled |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be scrabbling | | you will be scrabbling | | he/she/it will be scrabbling | | we will be scrabbling | | you will be scrabbling | | they will be scrabbling |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been scrabbling | | you have been scrabbling | | he/she/it has been scrabbling | | we have been scrabbling | | you have been scrabbling | | they have been scrabbling |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been scrabbling | | you will have been scrabbling | | he/she/it will have been scrabbling | | we will have been scrabbling | | you will have been scrabbling | | they will have been scrabbling |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been scrabbling | | you had been scrabbling | | he/she/it had been scrabbling | | we had been scrabbling | | you had been scrabbling | | they had been scrabbling |
| Conditional |
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| I would scrabble | | you would scrabble | | he/she/it would scrabble | | we would scrabble | | you would scrabble | | they would scrabble |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have scrabbled | | you would have scrabbled | | he/she/it would have scrabbled | | we would have scrabbled | | you would have scrabbled | | they would have scrabbled |
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  scrabble - an aimless drawing doodle, scribbledrawing - a representation of forms or objects on a surface by means of lines; "drawings of abstract forms"; "he did complicated pen-and-ink drawings like medieval miniatures" | | 2. |  Scrabble - a board game in which words are formed from letters in patterns similar to a crossword puzzle; each letter has a value and those values are used to score the gameword game - any game involving the formation or alteration or discovery of wordsboard game - a game played on a specially designed boardtrademark - a formally registered symbol identifying the manufacturer or distributor of a product | | Verb | 1. | scrabble - feel searchingly; "She groped for his keys in the dark"grope forfeel - grope or feel in search of something; "He felt for his wallet" | | 2. |  scrabble - write down quickly without much attention to detailscribblewrite - communicate or express by writing; "Please write to me every week" |
scrabbleverb1. scrape, scratch, scramble, dig, claw, paw, grope, clamber I hung there, scrabbling with my feet to find a foothold.2. strive, rush, hasten, run, push, contend, vie, jostle, jockey for position, make haste The banks are now desperately scrabbling to recover their costs.TranslationsScrabble® (ˈskrӕbl) noun a kind of word-building game. 拼字遊戲 拼字游戏
scrabble (ˈskrӕbl) verb (usually with about or around) to make scratching noises or movements. He was scrabbling about looking for the money he had dropped. 扒尋，亂扒 扒寻Scrabble
Scrabble™ a board game in which words are formed by placing lettered tiles in a pattern similar to a crossword puzzle
www.scrabble.comScrabble
A regional term for crack cocainescrabble
Synonyms for scrabbleverb scrapeSynonyms- scrape
- scratch
- scramble
- dig
- claw
- paw
- grope
- clamber
verb striveSynonyms- strive
- rush
- hasten
- run
- push
- contend
- vie
- jostle
- jockey for position
- make haste
Synonyms for scrabblenoun an aimless drawingSynonymsRelated Wordsnoun a board game in which words are formed from letters in patterns similar to a crossword puzzleRelated Words- word game
- board game
- trademark
verb feel searchinglySynonymsRelated Wordsverb write down quickly without much attention to detailSynonymsRelated Words |