to scrabble about for

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• Scrabble — For other uses, see Scrabble (disambiguation). Scrabble Current Scrabble logo by Hasbro, Inc. used in the USA and Canada, since March 2008 Former Scrabble logo by Hasbro, Inc. used in the USA and Canada, until March 2008 …   Wikipedia

• scrabble — [[t]skræ̱b(ə)l[/t]] scrabbles, scrabbling, scrabbled 1) VERB If you scrabble for something, especially something that you cannot see, you move your hands or your feet about quickly and hurriedly in order to find it. [V for n] He grabbed his… …   English dictionary

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• scrabble — scrab|ble [ˈskræbəl] v [I always + adverb/preposition] [Date: 1500 1600; : Dutch; Origin: schrabbelen to scratch ] to try to find or do something very quickly, usually by moving your hands or feet in an uncontrolled way scrabble for ▪ He… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• scrabble — I. verb (scrabbled; scrabbling) Etymology: Dutch schrabbelen to scratch Date: 1537 intransitive verb 1. scrawl, scribble 2. to scratch, claw, or grope about clumsily or frantically 3. a. scramble …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• scrabble — [c]/ˈskræbəl / (say skrabuhl) verb (scrabbled, scrabbling) –verb (i) 1. to scratch or scrape, as with the claws or hands. 2. to scrawl; scribble. 3. to struggle to gain possession of something. 4. to scratch or grope about clumsily or blindly.… …  

• scrabble — verb a) To scrape or scratch powerfully with hands or claws. 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… …   Wiktionary

• scrabble — Synonyms and related words: all fours, barbouillage, beat about, bore, burrow, clamber, crawl, crawling, creep, creeping, delve, dig, dig out, dike, doodle, dredge, drill, drive, excavate, feel around, feel for, fumble, furrow, go on tiptoe,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• scrabble — verb (intransitive always + adv + prep) to try to find something by feeling with your fingers, especially quickly among a lot of other things (+ around/about etc): She was scrabbling through her pockets for a cigarette …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• beat about — Synonyms and related words: about ship, agonize over, angle for, ask for, back and fill, be at sea, be hard put, be uncertain, bear away, bear off, bear to starboard, beat, beat about for, box off, break, bring about, bring round, cant, cant… …   Moby Thesaurus

• Maven (Scrabble) — Maven is the current best known artificial intelligence Scrabble player, created by Brian Sheppard. It has been used in official licensed Hasbro Scrabble games, and the downloadable Funkitron Scrabble. Contents 1 Algorithms 1.1 Game Phases 1.2… …   Wikipedia