Scrabble
(noun) 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
scribble, scrabble, doodle
(noun) an aimless drawing
scribble, scrabble
(verb) write down quickly without much attention to detail
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Scrabble
A board game in which players draw letter tiles and take turns to make interlocking words like a crossword, scoring points according to the letters played and their positions on the board.
• cabblers, clabbers, crabbles
scrabble (third-person singular simple present scrabbles, present participle scrabbling, simple past and past participle scrabbled)
(intransitive) To scrape or scratch powerfully with hands or claws.
(transitive) To gather hastily.
(intransitive) To move with difficulty by making rapid movements back and forth with the hands or paws.
(intransitive) To scribble.
(transitive) To mark with irregular lines or letters; to scribble on.
scrabble (plural scrabbles)
A scramble.
• cabblers, clabbers, crabbles
Source: Wiktionary
Scrab"ble, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Scrabbled; p. pr. & vb. n. Scrabbling.] Etym: [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.
Definition: To mark with irregular lines or letters; to scribble; as, to scrabble paper.
Scrab"ble, n.
Definition: The act of scrabbing; a moving upon the hands and knees; a scramble; also, a scribble.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
20 April 2025
(noun) food mixtures either arranged on a plate or tossed and served with a moist dressing; usually consisting of or including greens
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
