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scrabble

v. கிறுக்கித்தள்ளு, படபடத்துத் தேடித்தடவு, பரபரப்புடன் கொள்ளக் கைநீட்டித்தழாவு.


Scrab"ble, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Scrabbled; p. pr. & vb. n. Scrabbling.] Etym: [Freq. of scrape. Cf. Scramble, Scrawl, v. t.] 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. Scrab"ble, v. t. Defn: To mark with irregular lines or letters; to scribble; as, to scrabble paper. Scrab"ble, n. Defn: The act of scrabbing; a moving upon the hands and knees; a scramble; also, a scribble.


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