scrabble.
To scrape or scratch powerfully with hands or claws.
Meaning & usage
To scrape or scratch powerfully with hands or claws.
To gather hastily.
To move with difficulty by making rapid movements back and forth with the hands or paws.
She was on her hands and knees scrabbling in the mud, looking for her missing wedding ring.
To scribble.
To mark with irregular lines or letters; to scribble on.
Where this word comes from
From Middle Dutch schrabbelen, frequentative of schrabben (“to scrape”), equivalent to scrab + -le. More at scrape.
A scramble.
Where this word comes from
From Middle Dutch schrabbelen, frequentative of schrabben (“to scrape”), equivalent to scrab + -le. More at scrape.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.