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1 scrabble
• töhertää• raapustaa• hapuilla* * *'skræbl((usually with about or around) to make scratching noises or movements: He was scrabbling about looking for the money he had dropped.) hamuilla
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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
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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 — v. & n. v.intr. (often foll. by about, at) scratch or grope to find or collect or hold on to something. n. 1 an act of scrabbling. 2 (Scrabble) propr. a game in which players build up words from letter blocks on a board. Etymology: MDu.… … Useful english dictionary
scrabble — v. & n. v.intr. (often foll. by about, at) scratch or grope to find or collect or hold on to something. n. 1 an act of scrabbling. 2 (Scrabble) propr. a game in which players build up words from letter blocks on a board. Etymology: MDu.… … Useful english dictionary
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
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