Scrabble - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈskræbl|  American pronunciation of the word scrabble
Brit.  |ˈskræb(ə)l|  British pronunciation of the word scrabble

noun

- an aimless drawing (syn: doodle, scribble)
- 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

verb

- feel searchingly
- write down quickly without much attention to detail (syn: scribble)

Extra examples

She scrabbled around in her handbag for a pen.

He scrabbled at the slippery rock.

...it'll be a long scrabble to pull ourselves out of poverty...

He scrabbled around in his bag for pen and paper.

The banks are now desperately scrabbling around to recover their cost.

He scrabbled for the light switch.

She was scrabbling around, searching for the door.

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: scrabble
he/she/it: scrabbles
present participle: scrabbling
past tense: scrabbled
past participle: scrabbled
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