SCRABBLE


Meaning of SCRABBLE in English

I. ˈskra-bəl verb

( scrab·bled ; scrab·bling -b(ə-)liŋ)

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 , clamber

b. : to struggle by or as if by scraping or scratching

scrabble for survival

transitive verb

1. : scramble

2. : scribble

• scrab·bler -b(ə-)lər noun

II. noun

Date: 1794

1. : scramble

2. : scribble

3. : a repeated scratching or clawing

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.