scrabbled

verb

Definition of scrabblednext
past tense of scrabble
1
as in climbed
to move (as up or over something) often with the help of the hands in holding or pulling we scrabbled up a sand dune to get a better view of the sea

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2
as in fumbled
to search for something blindly or uncertainly he frantically scrabbled through the storage chest looking for the needed documents

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scrabbled
  1. climbed
  2. scrambled
  3. looked
Verb
  • Helene’s death toll in Georgia has climbed to 33.
    NBC News, NBC News, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Helene has become the deadliest hurricane to hit the United States mainland since Hurricane Katrina in 2005, and the death toll has climbed daily.
    Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of climbed
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  • Or have his years in finance scrambled his brain and turned him into a degenerate gambler, both at the office and outside it?
    Zachary Siegel, The Atlantic, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Israelis scrambled for bomb shelters as air-raid sirens sounded and the orange glow of missiles streaked across the night sky.
    Democrat-Gazette staff from wire reports, arkansasonline.com, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of scrambled
Verb
  • The whole thing looked more like a rock show than a symphony concert.
    Leila Cobo, Billboard, 4 Oct. 2024
  • This resulted in an American judiciary that looked very different than the mosaic that makes up the country.
    Paul M. Collins Jr., The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of looked
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