Scrabble

['skræb(ə)l] or ['skræbl]

Definition

(noun.) 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.

Typist: Naomi--From WordNet

Definition

(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.

(v. t.) To make irregular, crooked, or unmeaning marks; to scribble; to scrawl.

(v. t.) To mark with irregular lines or letters; to scribble; as, to scrabble paper.

(n.) The act of scrabbling; a moving upon the hands and knees; a scramble; also, a scribble.

Typed by Kate

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. Scribble, scrawl, scratch.

v. n. Scribble, scrawl.

n. [Colloquial.] Scramble, struggle, muss.

Typist: Steven

Definition

v.i. to scrape or make unmeaning marks to scrawl: to scramble or crawl along with difficulty.—v.t. to gather hastily.—n. a scramble.—v.t. Scrab to scratch to scrape.—Scrabbed eggs a dish of hard-boiled eggs chopped up and seasoned.

Edited by Caleb