scrabble

intransitive verb

To scrape or grope about frenetically with the hands or paws.

intransitive verb

To move or climb with scrambling, disorderly haste.

intransitive verb

To struggle or work hard in a disorderly or desperate fashion.

intransitive verb

To write hastily or make disordered markings; scribble.

intransitive verb

To make or obtain by frenetic or desperate action.

intransitive verb

To scrape or scratch (a surface).

intransitive verb

To move or arrange hastily with the hands.

intransitive verb

To scribble or write down hastily.

noun

The act or an instance of scrabbling.