"scrabble" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈskɹæbəl/ Audio: En-us-scrabble.ogg Forms: scrabbles [plural]
Rhymes: -æbəl Etymology: From Middle Dutch schrabbelen, frequentative of schrabben (“to scrape”), equivalent to scrab + -le. More at scrape. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|dum|schrabbelen}} Middle Dutch schrabbelen, {{suffix|en|scrab|-le}} scrab + -le Head templates: {{en-noun}} scrabble (plural scrabbles)
  1. A scramble.
    Sense id: en-scrabble-en-noun-cnqjyoJj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -le, English undefined derivations, Terms with Bulgarian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 28 3 32 4 8 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -le: 28 24 7 22 9 10 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 35 22 5 22 7 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 28 21 4 31 6 10

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈskɹæbəl/ Audio: En-us-scrabble.ogg Forms: scrabbles [present, singular, third-person], scrabbling [participle, present], scrabbled [participle, past], scrabbled [past]
Rhymes: -æbəl Etymology: From Middle Dutch schrabbelen, frequentative of schrabben (“to scrape”), equivalent to scrab + -le. More at scrape. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|dum|schrabbelen}} Middle Dutch schrabbelen, {{suffix|en|scrab|-le}} scrab + -le Head templates: {{en-verb}} scrabble (third-person singular simple present scrabbles, present participle scrabbling, simple past and past participle scrabbled)
  1. (intransitive) To scrape or scratch powerfully with hands or claws. Tags: intransitive Translations (to scrape or scratch powerfully): дращя (draštja) (Bulgarian), raapia (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-scrabble-en-verb-ku-kiKEZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -le, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Bulgarian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 28 3 32 4 8 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -le: 28 24 7 22 9 10 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 23 36 6 21 8 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 28 21 4 31 6 10 Disambiguation of 'to scrape or scratch powerfully': 90 3 8 0 0
  2. (transitive) To gather hastily. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-scrabble-en-verb-shiksdtE
  3. (intransitive) To move with difficulty by making rapid movements back and forth with the hands or paws. Tags: intransitive Translations (to do rapid back-and-forth movements with hands or paws): драскам (draskam) (Bulgarian), haroa (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-scrabble-en-verb-ZhlAGQa0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -le, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 28 3 32 4 8 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -le: 28 24 7 22 9 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 28 21 4 31 6 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 23 22 4 34 6 10 Disambiguation of 'to do rapid back-and-forth movements with hands or paws': 21 2 72 3 2
  4. (intransitive) To scribble. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-scrabble-en-verb-R2yoBczS
  5. (transitive) To mark with irregular lines or letters; to scribble on. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-scrabble-en-verb-jOFeIDDF Categories (other): Terms with Bulgarian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 28 21 4 31 6 10
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: hardscrabble, scrabbler, scrabbly, scribble-scrabble Related terms: scrab, scramble, scrap, scrape, scrapple (english: a sausage-like food)

Noun [French]

Forms: scrabbles [plural]
Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} scrabble m (plural scrabbles)
  1. (Scrabble) a play where all seven tiles are used; a bingo Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-scrabble-fr-noun-gOX2xu6T Topics: Scrabble, board-games, games

Verb [French]

Head templates: {{head|fr|verb form}} scrabble
  1. inflection of scrabbler:
    first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    Tags: first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person Form of: scrabbler
    Sense id: en-scrabble-fr-verb-P7SBUH7a Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 15 15 3 14 4 3 8 27 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 15 2 13 3 2 8 32 14 Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 15 58 27
  2. inflection of scrabbler:
    second-person singular imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative, second-person, singular Form of: scrabbler
    Sense id: en-scrabble-fr-verb-JizJahNK

Noun [Romanian]

Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from English scrabble. Etymology templates: {{ubor|ro|en|scrabble}} Unadapted borrowing from English scrabble Head templates: {{ro-noun|n|scrabble-uri}} scrabble n (plural scrabble-uri) Inflection templates: {{ro-decl-noun|g=n|gpd=scrabble-urilor|gpi=scrabble-uri|gsd=scrabbleului|gsi=scrabble|n=|npd=scrabble-urile|npi=scrabble-uri|nsd=scrabbleul|nsi=scrabble|vp=scrabble-urilor|vs=scrabbleule}} Forms: scrabble-uri [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], scrabble [accusative, indefinite, nominative, singular], scrabbleul [accusative, definite, nominative, singular], scrabble-uri [accusative, indefinite, nominative, plural], scrabble-urile [accusative, definite, nominative, plural], scrabble [error-unrecognized-form, indefinite, singular], scrabbleului [definite, error-unrecognized-form, singular], scrabble-uri [error-unrecognized-form, indefinite, plural], scrabble-urilor [definite, error-unrecognized-form, plural], scrabbleule [singular, vocative], scrabble-urilor [plural, vocative]
  1. scrabble Tags: neuter
    Sense id: en-scrabble-ro-noun-N2gFkg5V Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Romanian entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "hardscrabble"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "scrabbler"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "scrabbly"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "scribble-scrabble"
    }
  ],
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      "name": "uder"
    },
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "scrabbling",
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        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scrabbled",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
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  "pos": "verb",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "scrab"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "scramble"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "scrap"
    },
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    },
    {
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      "english": "a sausage-like food",
      "word": "scrapple"
    }
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          "ref": "[1898], J[ohn] Meade Falkner, Moonfleet, London; Toronto, Ont.: Jonathan Cape, published 1934, →OCLC:",
          "text": "[…] 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.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1908, Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows, London: Wordsworth Classics, published 1993, page 12:",
          "text": "So he scraped and scratched and scrabbled and scrooged, then he scrooged again[.]",
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        "To scrape or scratch powerfully with hands or claws."
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        "(intransitive) To scrape or scratch powerfully with hands or claws."
      ],
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        "intransitive"
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          "code": "bg",
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          "roman": "draštja",
          "sense": "to scrape or scratch powerfully",
          "word": "дращя"
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          "sense": "to scrape or scratch powerfully",
          "word": "raapia"
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        "To gather hastily."
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      "id": "en-scrabble-en-verb-shiksdtE",
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        "(transitive) To gather hastily."
      ],
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        "transitive"
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          "kind": "other",
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        {
          "text": "She was on her hands and knees scrabbling in the mud, looking for her missing wedding ring.",
          "type": "example"
        }
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        "To move with difficulty by making rapid movements back and forth with the hands or paws."
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      "id": "en-scrabble-en-verb-ZhlAGQa0",
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        [
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          "movement"
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        [
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          "back and forth"
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        "(intransitive) To move with difficulty by making rapid movements back and forth with the hands or paws."
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        "intransitive"
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          "_dis1": "21 2 72 3 2",
          "code": "bg",
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          "roman": "draskam",
          "sense": "to do rapid back-and-forth movements with hands or paws",
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          "_dis1": "21 2 72 3 2",
          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "to do rapid back-and-forth movements with hands or paws",
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        {
          "ref": "1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Samuel 21:13:",
          "text": "David […] scrabbled on the doors of the gate.",
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        "To scribble."
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        "(intransitive) To scribble."
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        {
          "text": "to scrabble paper"
        }
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        "To mark with irregular lines or letters; to scribble on."
      ],
      "id": "en-scrabble-en-verb-jOFeIDDF",
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        "(transitive) To mark with irregular lines or letters; to scribble on."
      ],
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        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/ˈskɹæbəl/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-æbəl"
    },
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          "text": "a scrabble for dear life"
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        "plural"
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        "(Scrabble) a play where all seven tiles are used; a bingo"
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  "lang_code": "fr",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
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    },
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      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
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    {
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      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
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    {
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      "source": "declension",
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        "vocative"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "vocative"
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          "text": "[…] 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.",
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        "(transitive) To gather hastily."
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          "text": "David […] scrabbled on the doors of the gate.",
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        "To scribble."
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        "(intransitive) To scribble."
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          "text": "to scrabble paper"
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        "To mark with irregular lines or letters; to scribble on."
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        "(transitive) To mark with irregular lines or letters; to scribble on."
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        "transitive"
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      "ipa": "/ˈskɹæbəl/"
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      "roman": "draštja",
      "sense": "to scrape or scratch powerfully",
      "word": "дращя"
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      "word": "raapia"
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}

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          "text": "a scrabble for dear life"
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        "A scramble."
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        "a play where all seven tiles are used; a bingo"
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        "(Scrabble) a play where all seven tiles are used; a bingo"
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}

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        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular",
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        "third-person"
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        "inflection of scrabbler:",
        "second-person singular imperative"
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      "links": [
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        "form-of",
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
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    }
  ],
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}

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      "form": "scrabble-uri",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
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        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "indefinite",
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        "plural"
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "scrabble",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "scrabbleului",
      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "indefinite",
        "plural"
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      "form": "scrabble-urilor",
      "source": "declension",
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        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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}

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