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Dictionary Results for scrabble:

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

scrabble
    n 1: an aimless drawing [syn: scribble, scrabble, doodle]
    2: 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 1: feel searchingly; "She groped for his keys in the dark"
         [syn: grope for, scrabble]
    2: write down quickly without much attention to detail [syn:
       scribble, scrabble]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Scrabble \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.
      [1913 Webster]

            Now after a while Little-faith came to himself, and
            getting up made shift to scrabble on his way.
                                                  --Bunyan.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. To make irregular, crooked, or unmeaning marks; to
      scribble; to scrawl.
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            David . . . scrabbled on the doors of the gate. --1.
                                                  Sam. xxi. 13.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Scrabble \Scrab"ble\, v. t.
   To mark with irregular lines or letters; to scribble; as, to
   scrabble paper.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Scrabble \Scrab"ble\, n.
   The act of scrabbling; a moving upon the hands and knees; a
   scramble; also, a scribble.
   [1913 Webster]

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