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  1. 1. v. t. To scrape, paw, or scratch with the hands; to proceed by clawing with the hands and feet; to scramble; as, to scrabble up a cliff or a tree. Source: opted
  2. 2. v. t. To make irregular, crooked, or unmeaning marks; to scribble; to scrawl. Source: opted
  3. 3. v. t. To mark with irregular lines or letters; to scribble; as, to scrabble paper. Source: opted
  4. 4. n. The act of scrabbling; a moving upon the hands and knees; a scramble; also, a scribble. Source: opted
  5. 5. n. 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 Source: wordnet
  6. 6. n. an aimless drawing Source: wordnet
  7. 7. v. feel searchingly Source: wordnet
  8. 8. v. write down quickly without much attention to detail Source: wordnet
  9. 9. 1. To scrape, paw, or scratch with the hands; to proceed by clawing with the hands and feet; to scramble; as, to scrabble up a cliff or a tree. Now after a while Little-faith came to himself, and getting up made shift to scrabble on his way. Bunyan. 2. To make irregular, crooked, or unmeaning marks; to scribble; to scrawl. David . . . scrabbled on the doors of the gate. 1. Sam. xxi. 13. To mark with irregular lines or letters; to scribble; as, to scrabble paper. The act of scrabbing; a moving upon the hands and knees; a scramble; also, a scribble. Source: webster
  10. 10. To mark with irregular lines or letters; to scribble; as, toscrabble paper. Source: adambom
  11. 11. v:100 n. 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 Source: ecdict

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