Synonyms for scrabble
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : skrab-uh l |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈskræb əl |
Top 10 synonyms for scrabble Other synonyms for the word scrabble
- approach unnoticed
- battle
- bollix
- break
- bungle
- cast about
- crawl on all fours
- doodle
- drag oneself along
- edge
- err
- examine
- explore
- feel
- feel blindly
- fight
- finger
- fish
- flounder
- fluff
- fumble
- game
- go on all fours
- go on belly
- goof
- grabble
- grapple
- graze
- grope
- grovel
- gumshoe
- handle
- hang back
- hasten
- hurt
- inch
- inscribe
- insinuate
- itch
- jockey for position
- jostle
- lacerate
- lag
- loiter along
- lollygag
- look alive
- lose the handle
- louse up
- lurk
- make haste
- mangle
- manipulate
- maul
- misfield
- mishandle
- mismanage
- move
- move at snail's pace
- move on hands and knees
- open
- play
- plod
- poke
- practice
- pry
- pull oneself along
- push
- pussyfoot
- rip
- root
- row
- run
- rush
- scrabble
- scramble
- scrap
- scrape
- scratch
- screw up
- scribble
- scuffle
- scurry
- scuttle
- search
- skirmish
- skulk
- slide
- slink
- slither
- snake
- sneak
- spoil
- squiggle
- squirm
- steal
- strive
- struggle
- stumble
- swarm
- tear
- tiptoe
- touch
- trek
- vie
- worm
- wriggle
- writhe
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for scrabble
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