scrabble

scrabble
[[t]skræ̱b(ə)l[/t]]
scrabbles, scrabbling, scrabbled
1) VERB If you scrabble for something, especially something that you cannot see, you move your hands or your feet about quickly and hurriedly in order to find it.

[V for n] He grabbed his jacket and scrabbled in his desk drawer for some loose change...

[V to-inf] I hung there, scrabbling with my feet to find a foothold.

Scrabble around or scrabble about means the same as scrabble.

V P for n Alberg scrabbled around for pen and paper... V P Gleb scrabbled about in the hay, pulled out a book and opened it.

2) VERB If you say that someone is scrabbling to do something, you mean that they are having difficulty because they are in too much of a hurry, or because the task is almost impossible.

[V to-inf] The banks are now desperately scrabbling to recover their costs...

[V for n] The opportunity had gone. His mind scrabbled for alternatives.

Scrabble around means the same as scrabble.

Also V P to-inf V P for n You get a six-month contract, and then you have to scrabble around for the next job, which could be anywhere in Britain.


English dictionary. 2008.

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