\Scrab"ble\ (skr[a^]b"b'l), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
{Scrabbled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Scrabbling}.] [Freq. of scrape.
Cf. {Scramble}, {Scrawl}, v. t.]
1. To scrape, paw, or scratch with the hands; to proceed by
   clawing with the hands and feet; to scramble; as, to
   scrabble up a cliff or a tree.

         Now after a while Little-faith came to himself, and
         getting up made shift to scrabble on his way.
                                               --Bunyan.

2. To make irregular, crooked, or unmeaning marks; to
   scribble; to scrawl.

         David . . . scrabbled on the doors of the gate. --1.
                                               Sam. xxi. 13.

\Scrab"ble\, v. t.
To mark with irregular lines or letters; to scribble; as, to
scrabble paper.

\Scrab"ble\, n.
The act of scrabbling; a moving upon the hands and knees; a
scramble; also, a scribble.