scrabble

  • 21scrabble — UK [ˈskræb(ə)l] / US verb [intransitive] Word forms scrabble : present tense I/you/we/they scrabble he/she/it scrabbles present participle scrabbling past tense scrabbled past participle scrabbled a) to make a lot of small quick movements with… …

    English dictionary

  • 22Scrabble® — Scrab|ble® auch: Scrabb|le® 〈[skræ̣bl] n. 15〉 Gesellschaftsspiel, bei dem Buchstaben waagerecht u. senkrecht zu Wörtern verbunden werden müssen [<engl. scrabble „kritzeln“] * * * Scrab|b|le® [ skrɛbl̩ ], das; [s], s [engl. scrabble, zu: to… …

    Universal-Lexikon

  • 23Scrabble{™} — a popular board game in which players try to build words on a board marked with squares, using letters printed on small square blocks. The words must be arranged to fit together like a crossword puzzle. Scrabble was invented in the US in the… …

    Universalium

  • 24Scrabble — (Marca registrada.) ► sustantivo masculino JUEGOS Juego que consiste en componer palabras a partir de unas letras escogidas al azar. * * * Scrabble, es un juego de mesa basado en crear palabras sobre un tablero a partir de unas letras dadas. El… …

    Enciclopedia Universal

  • 25Scrabble — n. (T) game to play Scrabble * * * (T) [ game ] to play Scrabble …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 26scrabble — scrab|ble [ˈskræbəl] v [I always + adverb/preposition] [Date: 1500 1600; : Dutch; Origin: schrabbelen to scratch ] to try to find or do something very quickly, usually by moving your hands or feet in an uncontrolled way scrabble for ▪ He… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 27Scrabble — Scrab|ble [skræbl̩] das; s, s <aus gleichbed. engl. scrabble zu to scrabble »scharren, herumsuchen«, dies aus dem (Mittel)niederl.> Spiel mit zwei bis vier Mitspielern, bei dem aus Spielmarken mit Buchstaben Wörter nach einem bestimmten… …

    Das große Fremdwörterbuch

  • 28scrabble — I. verb (scrabbled; scrabbling) Etymology: Dutch schrabbelen to scratch Date: 1537 intransitive verb 1. scrawl, scribble 2. to scratch, claw, or grope about clumsily or frantically 3. a. scramble …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 29Scrabble — noun A board game in which players draw letter tiles and take turns to make interlocking words like a crossword, scoring points according to the letters played and their positions on the board. Start by asking students if they ever watch Wheel of …

    Wiktionary

  • 30Scrabble — Scrab|ble® auch: Scrabb|le® 〈 [skræ̣bl] n.; Gen.: s, Pl.: s〉 Gesellschaftsspiel, bei dem Buchstaben zu Wörtern verbunden werden müssen [Etym.: zu engl. scrabble »kritzeln«] …

    Lexikalische Deutsches Wörterbuch