grabble
Americanverb (used without object)
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to feel or search with the hands; grope.
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to sprawl; scramble.
verb
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(intr) to scratch or feel about with the hands
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(intr) to fall to the ground; sprawl
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(tr) to seize rashly
Other Word Forms
- grabbler noun
Etymology
Origin of grabble
Example Sentences
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It’s that we want—and need—the ability to grabble with nuance and ambiguity that are inherent when our bodies and minds fail.
From Slate • Apr. 9, 2018
I nebber digs my taters up Wen dey's only right to grabble.
From Negro Folk Rhymes Wise and Otherwise: With a Study by Talley, Thomas Washington
He engaged some boys to grabble out the nuts from the sand beds, urging care, but many of the best were broken and injured.
From Walnut Growing in Oregon by Cooper, Jacob Calvin
And every minute their fingers grabble in the purses of nobles.
From My Neighbors Stories of the Welsh People by Evans, Caradoc
He jump up, he did, en 'gun ter grabble in de quog-mire des ez hard ez he kin.
From Nights With Uncle Remus by Winter, Milo
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