grabble
/ˈɡrab(ə)l
/verb [no object] archaic
1Feel or search with the hands; grope about.They deserve to grabble in the dirt and get nothing for it but a dry gut-rumble....
- I managed to tread on another rock, which made me wobble a bit, Danielle quickly grabbling me to stop me plummeting over the side to my death.
- I nodded, surprised, and wondering why I'd confide in a teacher, then grabbled my backpack and left the classroom.
2Sprawl or tumble on all fours.
Origin
Late 16th century: probably from Dutch grabbelen 'scramble for a thing', from Middle Dutch grabben (see grab).
Rhymes
- a straight fight
- astrakhan
- astral
- astral plane
- astral projection
- astrantia
- a straw in the wind
- astray
- astride
- astringency
- astringent
- astringently
- astro-
- astro-archaeologist
- astro-archaeology
- astrobiological
- astrobiologist
- astrobiology
- astroblast
- astrobleme
- astrobotanist
- astrobotany
- astrochemical
- astrochemist
- astrochemistry