scrabble

[US]/'skræb(ə)l/
[UK]/'skræbl/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vi. grope or feel about with one's fingers in a hurried or awkward way,
n. the act of groping or feeling about with one's fingers, a word game.
Word Forms
Past Tensescrabbled
Present Participlescrabbling
Third Person Singularscrabbles
Past Participlescrabbled
Pluralscrabbles

Phrases & Collocations

scrabble board game

scrabble for

Example Sentences

scrabble for a living

scrabble about in the sand

scrabble up a meal for a visitor

she scrabbled at the grassy slope, desperate for purchase.

he heard the scrabble of claws behind him.

a scrabble among the salesmen to avoid going to the bottom of the heap.

She scrabbled around in her bag for her glasses.

I had to scrabble around to find my college place through Clearing.

scrabble about for sth. dropped under the table

An unknown worm attach to the cephalothorax of the algae eating shrimp(Neocaridina denticulate).Just like its terrible tentacle, Scrabble everything ahead it.

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