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scrabble
English
Etymology
From Middle Dutch schrabbelen, frequentative of schrabben (“to scrape”), equivalent to scrab +? -le. More at scrape.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?sk?æb?l/
- Rhymes: -æb?l
Verb
scrabble (third-person singular simple present scrabbles, present participle scrabbling, simple past and past participle scrabbled)
- (intransitive) To scrape or scratch powerfully with hands or claws.
- 1898, J. Meade Falkner, Moonfleet Chapter 4
- […] there came no answer, except the echo of my own voice sounding hollow and far off down in the vault. So in despair I turned back to the earth wall below the slab, and scrabbled at it with my fingers, till my nails were broken and the blood ran out; having all the while a sure knowledge, like a cord twisted round my head, that no effort of mine could ever dislodge the great stone.
- 1898, J. Meade Falkner, Moonfleet Chapter 4
- (transitive) To gather hastily.
- (intransitive) To move with difficulty by making rapid movements back and forth with the hands or paws.
- She was on her hands and knees scrabbling in the mud, looking for her missing wedding ring.
- (intransitive) To scribble.
- David […] scrabbled on the doors of the gate.
- (transitive) To mark with irregular lines or letters; to scribble on.
- to scrabble paper
Derived terms
- hardscrabble
- scrabbler
Translations
See also
- scrab
- scramble
- scrap
- scrape
- scrapple (a sausage-like food)
Noun
scrabble (plural scrabbles)
- A scramble.
- a scrabble for dear life
Anagrams
- cabblers, clabbers, crabbles
French
Noun
scrabble m (plural scrabbles)
- (Scrabble) a play where all seven tiles are used; a bingo
Verb
scrabble
- first-person singular present indicative of scrabbler
- third-person singular present indicative of scrabbler
- first-person singular present subjunctive of scrabbler
- third-person singular present subjunctive of scrabbler
- second-person singular imperative of scrabbler
Further reading
- “scrabble” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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scrooge
English
Etymology 1
From the character Ebenezer Scrooge in the Charles Dickens novel, A Christmas Carol.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sk?u?d?/
Noun
scrooge (plural scrooges)
- A miserly person; a person with an excessive dislike of spending money or other resources.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:miser
Translations
Etymology 2
Verb
scrooge (third-person singular simple present scrooges, present participle scrooging, simple past and past participle scrooged)
- (Britain, US, dialect) To crush or press; to squeeze (past, into, together, etc.).
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