Scrabble /(skrăb"b'l)/

imp. & p. p. Scrabbled; p. pr. & vb. n. Scrabbling

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.

2. To make irregular, crooked, or unmeaning marks; to scribble; to scrawl.

   David . . . scrabbled on the doors of the gate.

1. To mark with irregular lines or letters; to scribble; as, to scrabble paper.

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