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scrabble

 
Dictionary: scrab·ble   (skrăb'əl) pronunciation
 

v., -bled, -bling, -bles.

v.intr.
  1. To scrape or grope about frenetically with the hands.
  2. To struggle by or as if by scraping or groping.
  3. To climb with scrambling, disorderly haste; clamber.
  4. To make hasty, disordered markings; scribble.
v.tr.
  1. To make or obtain by scraping together hastily.
  2. To scribble on or over.
n.
  1. The act or an instance of scrabbling.
  2. A scribble; a doodle.

[Dutch schrabbelen, from Middle Dutch, frequentative of schrabben, to scrape.]

scrabbler scrab'bler n.
scrabbly scrab'bly adj.
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The verb has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: feel searchingly
  Synonym: grope for

Meaning #2: write down quickly without much attention to detail
  Synonym: scribble


 
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Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - skrabe, rode, kravle, klatre
v. tr. - skrabe sammen, kradse, klatre på
n. - kragetæer, kradseri, krible-kryds

Nederlands (Dutch)
graaien, vechten, klauteren, slordig schrijven, gegraai, gekrabbel

Français (French)
v. intr. - fouiller, gratter, gribouiller, griffonner
v. tr. - fouiller, gratter
n. - Scrabble, gribouillage, mêlée

Deutsch (German)
n. - Scrabble (Buchstabenspiel)
v. - scharren, kratzen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - σταυρόλεξο με ψηφίδες (επιτραπέζιο παιχνίδι)
v. - (ορνιθο)σκαλίζω, αρμαθιάζω

Italiano (Italian)
grattare, raspare, rovistare, scarabocchiare, scarabocchio

Português (Portuguese)
n. - rabisco (m), luta confusa (f), avanço em terreno difícil (m)
v. - rabiscar

Русский (Russian)
возня, барахтанье, карабканье, каракули, рыться в поисках (чего-л.), скрестись, писать каракулями, делать надписи, пробираться

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - garabatear, borronear, emborronar papel, trepar, subir trepando
v. tr. - escarbar, garabatear, borronear, emborronar papel, esforzarse, luchar por recoger o ganar algo
n. - (M.R.) juego de palabras, garabatos, borrón

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - krafsande, Alfabet
v. - krafsa, skrapa, kravla, klottra, klottra på, klottra ner, skrapa ihop, steta för att få tag i

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
乱写, 扒寻, 乱涂, 扒成, 拼凑成, 一种拼字游戏, 抓, 扒

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 亂寫, 扒尋, 亂塗
v. tr. - 扒成, 拼湊成
n. - 一種拼字遊戲, 抓, 扒

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - (손톱으로) 할퀴다, 휘갈겨 쓰다, 쑤석거려 찾다
v. tr. - 할퀴다, 낙서하다, 헤적여 찾다
n. - 긁기, 낙서, 쟁탈

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - ひっかく, 走り書きする
n. - ひっかくこと, 走り書き, スクラブル

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) كتابه بسرعه, خربشه (فعل) يكتب بسرعه, يخربش‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮שרבט, קשקש, זחל‬
v. tr. - ‮שרבט, קשקש, חיטט, גירד, חטף, נאבק‬
n. - ‮שרבוט, טיפוס, היאבקות, חטיפה, חיטוט, גירוד, שבץ-נא‬


 
 

 

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