scrabble: Meaning and Definition of

scrab•ble

1. to scratch or scrape, as with the claws or hands.
2. to grapple or struggle with or as if with the claws or hands.
3. to scrawl; scribble.

1. to scratch or dig frantically with the hands; claw (often fol. by at): scrabbling at a locked door to escape the flames.
2. to jostle or struggle for possession of something; grab or collect something in a disorderly way; scramble.

1. a scratching or scraping, as with the claws or hands.
2. a scrawled or scribbled writing.
3. a disorderly struggle for possession of something; scramble: After the fumble, there was a scrabble for the football.

Scrab•ble

1. a brand name for a game combining anagrams and crosswords in which two to four players use counters of various point values to form words on a playing board.