Antonyms for scrabble

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : skrab-uh l

Phonetic Transcription : ˈskræb əl

Definition of scrabble

Origin : 1530s, "to scrawl, scribble," from Dutch schrabbelen, frequentative of schrabben "to scratch," from the same root as scrape (v.). Meaning "to struggle, scramble" first recorded 1630s. Related: Scrabbled; scrabbling.

As in scrimmage : noun contest
As in scramble : verb race; get into position clumsily
As in scrawl : verb write erratically
As in grabble : verb grope
As in claw : verb using sharp nail
As in crawl : verb move very slowly
As in creep : verb crawl along, usually on ground
As in fumble : verb bumble, mess up
As in grope : verb feel about for

Example sentences :

The real reckoning of outraged society is not with him, but with Scrabble Alley.
Extract from : « Children of the Tenements » by Jacob A. Riis

That's the one which the prisoner has to scrabble on the wall.
Extract from : « Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Complete » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)

And what do you scrabble in the air with your fingers for, and cry?
Extract from : « Pelle the Conqueror, Complete » by Martin Anderson Nexo

Hold on to me tight, Pilarica, for Coronela will have to scrabble here.
Extract from : « In Sunny Spain with Pilarica and Rafael » by Katharine Lee Bates

It fell in the brook, and before I could scrabble down he was off.
Extract from : « Jo's Boys » by Louisa May Alcott

Voices and the scrabble of feet along the roadway sounded ahead.
Extract from : « Pointed Roofs » by Dorothy Richardson

Jenny began to scrabble on the pane filmed with smoke the fantastic initial.
Extract from : « Carnival » by Compton Mackenzie

Have you not had your bellyfull of battles that you must scrabble like rats in this hovel?
Extract from : « The Path of the King » by John Buchan

At this mention of him she reached forward and began to scrabble things hastily into the trunk.
Extract from : « Mary Ware's Promised Land » by Annie Fellows Johnston

A madman would be more likely to hammer than to "scrabble" on the great double-leaved gate.
Extract from : « The Life of David » by Alexander Maclaren

Synonyms for scrabble

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