He puts his hands into his pockets, and keeps a
grabbling and fumbling. --Selden.
[1913 Webster]
2. To lie prostrate on the belly; to sprawl on the ground; to grovel. --Ainsworth. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
grabble — [grab′əl] vi. grabbled, grabbling [Du grabbelen, freq. of MDu grabben, GRAB] 1. to feel about with the hands; grope 2. to sprawl … English World dictionary
grabble — verb To search with ones hands and fingers. A few hollow groans from the wardrobe, he thought, would be more than sufficient, or, if that failed to wake her, he might grabble at the counterpane with palsy twitching fingers. 1887, by … Wiktionary
grabble — intransitive verb (grabbled; grabbling) Etymology: Dutch grabbelen, from Middle Dutch, frequentative of grabben Date: circa 1580 1. to search with the hand ; grope 2. to lie or fall prone ; sprawl • grabbler noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
grabble — grabbler, n. /grab euhl/, v.i., grabbled, grabbling. 1. to feel or search with the hands; grope. 2. to sprawl; scramble. [1570 80; GRAB1 + LE; cf. D grabbelen] * * * … Universalium
grabble — Synonyms and related words: beat about, bring in, crop, crop herbs, cut, dig, feel, feel around, feel for, fumble, gather, gather in, glean, grope, grope for, harvest, hay, mow, nut, pick, pluck, poke around, pry around, reap, reap and carry,… … Moby Thesaurus
grabble — Gullah Words n and v gravel, gravels, graveled, graveling … English dialects glossary
grabble — (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To reach about or search blindly or uncertainly: feel, fumble, grope, poke. See SEEK, TOUCH … English dictionary for students
grabble — grab·ble || græbl v. feel; grope; grasp … English contemporary dictionary
grabble — gabbler … Anagrams dictionary
grabble — verb archaic feel or search with the hands. Origin C16: prob. from Du. grabbelen scramble for a thing , from MDu. grabben (see grab) … English new terms dictionary
