Word Meanings - SCRABBLE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

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

Additional info about word: SCRABBLE

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.

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• AFTERCAST
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• PROCEREBRUM
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• WHILES
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  A toy which imitates the sound of tearing cloth, -- used by drawing it across the back of unsuspecting persons.
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  That may be obtained.
• AFTERPAINS
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• PROCESSIVE
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