Definition of: scrabble

(skrab′əl) v. ·bled, ·bling v.i.
1. To scratch, scrape, or paw, as with the hands.
2. To make irregular or meaningless marks; scribble.
3. To struggle or strive.
—v.t.
4. To make meaningless marks on; scribble on.
5. To gather hurriedly; scrape together.
—noun
1. The act of scrabbling; a moving on hands and feet or knees.
2. A scrambling effort.
3. A sparse growth: a scrabble of underbrush. [<Du. schrabbelen scratch]