scrabble | Definition of scrabble

scrabble

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of scrabble

1 to move (as up or over something) often with the help of the hands in holding or pulling

we scrabbled up a sand dune to get a better view of the sea

Synonyms of scrabble

clamber, climb, scramble, swarm

Words Related to scrabble

shimmy, shin, shinny, skin

ascend, breast [chiefly British], free-climb, get up, mount, scale, summit, surmount

claw, sprawl, struggle

2 to search for something blindly or uncertainly

he frantically scrabbled through the storage chest looking for the needed documents

Synonyms of scrabble

feel, fish, fumble, grope

Words Related to scrabble

cast about, hunt, look, reach, seek (out)

capture, clutch, corral, get, grab, nab, nail, seize, snatch

comb, dig (through), dredge, rake, ransack, rifle, rummage, scour