scrabble
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8.4
- noun
- /ˈskræbəl/
:
garabato
- I'm not vain for hard scrabble and scrambled eggs the special way I fry, or vain about the kitchen things I could remember if I wanted to, or vain about my pussy, vain about the fact I never cry and won a prize in English named for William Faulkner worth ten dollars cash.
- hard scrabble
- scrabble childhood
Examples
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A wide scrape of black mud showed where he had tumbled down the length of the slope, and a scrabble of muddied leaves and churned earth where he had met the boar.
Fiction book (1991) -
Fsith was hurriedly scrambling back toward the ladder when Andro heard a scrabble of claws on stone behind him and threw himself against the wall.
Fiction book (1991) -
All stock and crops were gone, and all that was left was bare, hard scrabble land hardly worth working.
Blog text (27) -
His arms and legs were starting a slow-motion scrabble for grip.
Fiction book (2001) -
The skills I learned in hard-scrabble critique sessions were invaluable.
Blog text (31) -
Because of his hard-scrabble childhood, I think George went overboard in making sure Mitt had an easy go of it.
Blog text (24) -
At the moment, our favorites are Bananagrams, a great scrabble-like word game, and Jungle Speed, which is a very fun and hectic card game.
Blog text (29) -
During the meeting, she absentmindedly made a few scrabble notes on the notepad.
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His sketchbook was filled with scrabble doodles from his daydreams during class.
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The corner of the paper was covered in scrabble marks from his restless hand while thinking.
Synonyms
184
1.0
A picture made by hand with a pen or pencil
150
2.5
A quick simple drawing used to plan an idea
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2.6
A quick, simple drawing made without thinking, often during a meeting
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3.5
Messy, quick writing or drawing that is hard to read and has little meaning
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3.5
A quick, careless drawing made without much thought
Messy, untidy writing or drawing that uses quick mixed lines
A quick simple sketch that shows the main ideas
Compounds
How Neat
Surface Forms
Etymology
Scrabble comes from an old word that meant 'to scratch' or 'to make quick marks', and you can think of it like a child rapidly scraping paper with a pen, similar to scratch or scrape. So a scrabble is a messy, aimless drawing made by quick scratches.