Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to scrabble
Participle: scrabbled
Gerund: scrabbling
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | scrabble |
| you | scrabble |
| he;she;it | scrabbles |
| we | scrabble |
| you | scrabble |
| they | scrabble |
Perfect
| I | have scrabbled |
| you | have scrabbled |
| he;she;it | has scrabbled |
| we | have scrabbled |
| you | have scrabbled |
| they | have scrabbled |
Past
| I | scrabbled |
| you | scrabbled |
| he;she;it | scrabbled |
| we | scrabbled |
| you | scrabbled |
| they | scrabbled |
Pluperfect
| I | had scrabbled |
| you | had scrabbled |
| he;she;it | had scrabbled |
| we | had scrabbled |
| you | had scrabbled |
| they | had scrabbled |
Future
| I | will scrabble |
| you | will scrabble |
| he;she;it | will scrabble |
| we | will scrabble |
| you | will scrabble |
| they | will scrabble |
Future Perfect
| I | will have scrabbled |
| you | will have scrabbled |
| he;she;it | will have scrabbled |
| we | will have scrabbled |
| you | will have scrabbled |
| they | will have scrabbled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | scrabble |
| you | scrabble |
| he;she;it | scrabble |
| we | scrabble |
| you | scrabble |
| they | scrabble |
Perfect
| I | have scrabbled |
| you | have scrabbled |
| he;she;it | have scrabbled |
| we | have scrabbled |
| you | have scrabbled |
| they | have scrabbled |
Imperfect
| I | scrabbled |
| you | scrabbled |
| he;she;it | scrabbled |
| we | scrabbled |
| you | scrabbled |
| they | scrabbled |
Pluperfect
| I | had scrabbled |
| you | had scrabbled |
| he;she;it | had scrabbled |
| we | had scrabbled |
| you | had scrabbled |
| they | had scrabbled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would scrabble |
| you | would scrabble |
| he;she;it | would scrabble |
| we | would scrabble |
| you | would scrabble |
| they | would scrabble |
Perfect
| I | would have scrabbled |
| you | would have scrabbled |
| he;she;it | would have scrabbled |
| we | would have scrabbled |
| you | would have scrabbled |
| they | would have scrabbled |
Imperative
| you | scrabble |
| we | Let's scrabble |
| you | scrabble |
Verbs conjugated like 'scrabble'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'scrabble'
crabble,
scabble,
scramble,
scribble,
scrobble,
brabble,
cribble,
drabble,
grabble,
rabble,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle Dutch schrabbelen, frequentative of schrabben (“to scrape”), equivalent to scrab + -le. More at scrape.
Sample Sentences
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[…] 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[ohn] Meade Falkner, Moonfleet, London; Toronto, Ont.: Jonathan Cape, published 1934, →OCLC:]
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So he scraped and scratched and scrabbled and scrooged, then he scrooged again[.] [1908, Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows, London: Wordsworth Classics, published 1993, page 12:]
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The lane had not been designed for ponderous trucks. In the narrower parts we had to push our way along it between bushes and brambles which scrabbled along the sides as though they tried to pull us back. [1951, John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, published 1954, page 217:]
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“Oh. The perfect ending to the perfect-- [chuckles] I almost said evening. More like months, though, isn't it? Since we started scrabbling for coins because the damn government took away our-- every thing. They took everything. And the only thing that was left, you idiots either lost, gave away, ate, or just blew up and sank.” [2014 March 24, Adam Reed, “On the Carpet” (19:15 from the start), in Archer, season 5, episode 9, spoken by Malory Archer (Jessica Walter):]
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She was on her hands and knees scrabbling in the mud, looking for her missing wedding ring.
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David […] scrabbled on the doors of the gate. [1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Samuel 21:13:]
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to scrabble paper