scrabble
intransitive verbTo scrape or grope about frenetically with the hands or paws.
intransitive verbTo move or climb with scrambling, disorderly haste.
intransitive verbTo struggle or work hard in a disorderly or desperate fashion.
intransitive verbTo write hastily or make disordered markings; scribble.
intransitive verbTo make or obtain by frenetic or desperate action.
intransitive verbTo scrape or scratch (a surface).
intransitive verbTo move or arrange hastily with the hands.
intransitive verbTo scribble or write down hastily.
nounThe act or an instance of scrabbling.