GRABBLED

Verb

grabbled

simple past tense and past participle of grabble

Source: Wiktionary


GRABBLE

Grab"ble, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Grabbled; p. pr. & vb. n. Grabbling (.] Etym: [Freq. of grab; cf. D. grabbelen.]

1. To grope; to feel with the hands. He puts his hands into his pockets, and keeps a grabbling and fumbling. Selden.

2. To lie prostrate on the belly; to sprawl on the ground; to grovel. Ainsworth.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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