SCRABBLE

scrabble. Scrabble, v.i. to scratch, to paw with the hands

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Scrab″ble (skrăb″b'l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Scrabbled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Scrabbling (?).] [[Freq. of scrape. Cf. Scramble, Scrawl, v. t.]] 1. 1. To scrape, paw, or scratch with the hands; to proceed by clawing with the hands and feet; to scramble; as, to scrabble up a cliff or a tree.
Now after a while Little-faith came to himself, and getting up made shift to scrabble on his way. Bunyan. 2. 2. To make irregular, crooked, or unmeaning marks; to scribble; to scrawl.
David . . . scrabbled on the doors of the gate. 1. Sam. xxi. 13.