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Definition of "scrabbled" []

  • Covered with sparse vegetation; scrubby: "We can stand . . . and look out toward the scrabbled, snow-covered mountains in the west” ( Russell Banks). (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "scrabbled" in a sentence
  • "About a year ago, they did work on rats with an antibody called l-1, and the rats kind of scrabbled around."
  • "Never did duster flap more briskly than the one Rose used that day, and never was a room "scrabbled" to rights in such haste as hers."
  • "The cries of boys and gods mingled as Steve and his friend scrabbled away and fled back down the hill."
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