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Webster 1913 Edition

Scrabble

Scrab′ble

(skrăb′b’l)
,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Scrabbled
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Scrabbling
.]
[Freq. of
scrape
. Cf.
Scramble
,
Scrawl
,
Verb.
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

,
Verb.
T.
To mark with irregular lines or letters; to scribble;
as, to
scrabble
paper
.

Scrab′ble

,
Noun.
The act of scrabbling; a moving upon the hands and knees; a scramble; also, a scribble.

Webster 1828 Edition

Scrabble

SCRAB'BLE

,
Verb.
I.
[L. scribo, Eng. grave, engrave, &c. See Scrape.]
1.
To scrape, paw or scratch with the hands; to move along on the hands and knees by clawing with the hands; to scramble; as, to scrabble up a cliff or a tree. [a word in common popular use in New England, but not elegant.]
2.
To make irregular or crooked marks; as, children scrabble when they begin to write; hence, to make irregular and unmeaning marks.
David - scrabbled on the doors of the gate. 1Sam. 21.

SCRAB'BLE

,
Verb.
T.
To mark with irregular lines or letters; as, to scrabble paper.

Definition 2024

Scrabble

Scrabble

See also: scrabble and scrabblé

English

Proper noun

Scrabble

  1. 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.
    • 2000, Eric T. Olson and Tammy Perry Olson, Real-Life Math: Statistics, Walch Publishing, ISBN 0825138639, page 56
      Start by asking students if they ever watch Wheel of Fortune, or play games like Hangman or Scrabble.® Ask whether they have ever noticed any patterns in the frequency with which letters appear.
    • 2012 August 18, Bill Kurtis, “Listener Limerick Challenge”, Wait Wait... Don’t Tell Me!, National Public Radio
      At the tournament level I dabble / But my tiles show a meaningless babble / I filled up my ranks / With a few extra blanks / And got busted for cheating at [Scrabble]

Derived terms

Translations

See also

  • Official list of 2-letter words allowed in English Scrabble

Anagrams

Finnish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈskrɑbble]
  • Hyphenation: Scrabb‧le

Proper noun

Scrabble

  1. Scrabble (board game)

Declension

If a plural is needed it's better to use the term Scrabble-peli ("game of Scrabble") instead of Scrabble.

Inflection of Scrabble (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative Scrabble —
genitive Scrabblen —
partitive Scrabblea —
illative Scrabbleen —
singular plural
nominative Scrabble —
accusative nom. Scrabble —
gen. Scrabblen
genitive Scrabblen —
partitive Scrabblea —
inessive Scrabblessa —
elative Scrabblesta —
illative Scrabbleen —
adessive Scrabblella —
ablative Scrabblelta —
allative Scrabblelle —
essive Scrabblena —
translative Scrabbleksi —
instructive — —
abessive Scrabbletta —
comitative — —

Portuguese

Proper noun

Scrabble m

  1. Scrabble (board game with interlocking words)

scrabble

scrabble

See also: Scrabble and scrabblé

English

Verb

scrabble ‎(third-person singular simple present scrabbles, present participle scrabbling, simple past and past participle scrabbled)

  1. To scrape or scratch powerfully with hands or claws.
    • 1898, J. Meade Falkner, Moonfleet Chapter 4
      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 me from this awful place. But there came no answer, except the echo of my own voice sounding hollow and far off down in the vault. So in despair I turned back to the earth wall below the slab, and scrabbled at it with my fingers, till my nails were broken and the blood ran out; having all the while a sure knowledge, like a cord twisted round my head, that no effort of mine could ever dislodge the great stone.
  2. (intransitive) To move something about 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.
  3. To scribble.
    • Bible, 1 Sam. xxi. 13
      David […] scrabbled on the doors of the gate.
  4. To mark with irregular lines or letters; to scribble on.
    to scrabble paper

Derived terms

Translations

See also

Anagrams

French

Noun

scrabble m ‎(plural scrabbles)

  1. (Scrabble) a play where all seven tiles are used; a bingo

Verb

scrabble

  1. first-person singular present indicative of scrabbler
  2. third-person singular present indicative of scrabbler
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of scrabbler
  4. third-person singular present subjunctive of scrabbler
  5. second-person singular imperative of scrabbler

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -æbəl

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