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SCRABBLE
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
Etymology
Proper noun
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.
Anagrams
• cabblers, clabbers, crabbles
Etymology
Verb
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.
Noun
scrabble (plural scrabbles)
A scramble.
Anagrams
• 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
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