definition of the word scrabble

• Rhymes: -æbəl

to scrabble (third-person singular simple present scrabbles, present participle scrabbling, simple past and past participle scrabbled)

1. (intransitive) To move something about by making rapid movements back and forth with the hands or paws.

   She was on her hands and knees scrabbling in the mud, looking for her missing wedding ring.

scrabble m. (plural scrabbles)

1. (Scrabble) A play where all seven tiles are used; a bingo.

scrabble

1. First- and third-person singular indicative present of scrabbler.
2. First- and third-person singular subjunctive present of scrabbler.
3. Ordinary second-person singular imperative present of scrabbler.

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