—v.intr. (often foll. by about, at) scratch or grope to find or collect or hold on to something.
—n.
1 an act of scrabbling.
2 (Scrabble) propr. a game in which players build up words from letter-blocks on a board.
Etymology: MDu. schrabbelen frequent. of schrabben SCRAPE
Useful english dictionary. 2012.