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1scrabble — [[t]skræ̱b(ə)l[/t]] scrabbles, scrabbling, scrabbled 1) VERB If you scrabble for something, especially something that you cannot see, you move your hands or your feet about quickly and hurriedly in order to find it. [V for n] He grabbed his… …
2Scrabble — jeu de société {{{licence}}} Auteur Alfred Mosher Butts Éditeur Hasbro / Mattel Date de 1re édition 1931 …
3Scrabble (Scrabble) — Scrabble Scrabble jeu de société Un plateau de Scrabble en fin de partie …
4Scrabble — For other uses, see Scrabble (disambiguation). Scrabble Current Scrabble logo by Hasbro, Inc. used in the USA and Canada, since March 2008 Former Scrabble logo by Hasbro, Inc. used in the USA and Canada, until March 2008 …
5scrabble — scrab|ble [ˈskræbəl] v [I always + adverb/preposition] [Date: 1500 1600; : Dutch; Origin: schrabbelen to scratch ] to try to find or do something very quickly, usually by moving your hands or feet in an uncontrolled way scrabble for ▪ He… …
6scrabble — I. verb (scrabbled; scrabbling) Etymology: Dutch schrabbelen to scratch Date: 1537 intransitive verb 1. scrawl, scribble 2. to scratch, claw, or grope about clumsily or frantically 3. a. scramble …
7scrabble — [c]/ˈskræbəl / (say skrabuhl) verb (scrabbled, scrabbling) –verb (i) 1. to scratch or scrape, as with the claws or hands. 2. to scrawl; scribble. 3. to struggle to gain possession of something. 4. to scratch or grope about clumsily or blindly.… …
8Scrabble — v. & n. v.intr. (often foll. by about, at) scratch or grope to find or collect or hold on to something. n. 1 an act of scrabbling. 2 (Scrabble) propr. a game in which players build up words from letter blocks on a board. Etymology: MDu.… …
9scrabble — v. & n. v.intr. (often foll. by about, at) scratch or grope to find or collect or hold on to something. n. 1 an act of scrabbling. 2 (Scrabble) propr. a game in which players build up words from letter blocks on a board. Etymology: MDu.… …
10scrabble — verb a) To scrape or scratch powerfully with hands or claws. Thus I lay for a long time, but afterwards stood up and cried aloud, and shrieked if anyone should haply hear me, calling to Mr. Glennie and Ratsey, and even Elzevir, by name, to save… …