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🔄 To log plays 📊 A play record
to scrobble

to scrobble

1 8.2
To automatically record and share songs you play to your music profile
  • verb
  • /ˈskrɒbəl/
  • Jargon
: scrobbear

Examples

  • Along with the usual bunch of bug fixes, it will bring enhancements to the way Banshee scrobbles tracks to Last.fm and also several improvements to Banshee on OSX.

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  • You can easily scrobble songs from your favorite playlists to track your listening habits.

  • To keep your music stats updated, remember to scrobble each song you enjoy on the app.

  • After downloading the software, you can start to scrobble any track played on your device.

How Public

to scrobble
  • Jargon
1 8.2
to share
∞ 1.0
to track
∞ 2.3
to log
98 3.0
to note
24 1.3

Surface Forms

scrobble infinitive
scrobbled past
scrobbled past participle
scrobbling present participle
scrobbles third person singular

Etymology

Scrobble is used by music apps to mean 'record a play'; a helpful way to remember it is to imagine the app making a quick scribble on your profile each time you play a song to mark 'played'. So to scrobble is to automatically record and share the songs you listen to.