Scrabble

Part of speech: noun (n.)

The act of scrabbing; a moving upon the hands and knees; a scramble; also, a scribble.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

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.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To mark with irregular lines or letters; to scribble; as, to scrabble paper.