verb🔗ShareTo scrape or scratch powerfully with hands or claws."The cat was scrabbling at the closed door, wanting to be let inside. "actionanimalbodyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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verb🔗ShareTo move with difficulty by making rapid movements back and forth with the hands or paws."She was on her hands and knees scrabbling in the mud, looking for her missing wedding ring."animalactionbodyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo scribble."The student was scrabbling notes quickly during the lecture, trying to catch everything the professor said. "writinglanguageChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo mark with irregular lines or letters; to scribble on."to scrabble paper"writingmarklanguageChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA sound or motion that scrabbles."The scrabbling from inside the walls suggested a mouse was trying to build a nest. "soundactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
