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Scrabble

Scrabble Meaning & Definition
Scrabble Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Scrabble?

[n] (trademark) 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 game
[v] write down quickly without much attention to detail
[v] feel searchingly; "She groped for his keys in the dark"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Scrabble: grope for | scribble

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See Also | board game | feel | word game | write

Scrabble In Webster's Dictionary

\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.
\Scrab"ble\, v. t. To mark with irregular lines or letters; to scribble; as, to scrabble paper.
\Scrab"ble\, n. The act of scrabbling; a moving upon the hands and knees; a scramble; also, a scribble.

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