scrab·ble /ˈskræbəl/
(vi.)扒尋,摸索,掙扎(vt.)扒成,拼湊成扒,抓,摸索,掙扎
Scrab·ble v. i. [imp. & p. p. Scrabbled p. pr. & vb. n. Scrabbling ]
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. To mark with irregular lines or letters; to scribble; as, to scrabble paper.
Scrab·ble, n. The act of scrabbling; a moving upon the hands and knees; a scramble; also, a scribble.
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scrabble
n 1: an aimless drawing [syn: scribble, doodle]
2: 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
v 1: feel searchingly; "She groped for his keys in the dark"
[syn: grope for]
2: write down quickly without much attention to detail [syn: scribble]