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Grabbled

Grabble \Grab"ble\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Grabbled; p. pr. & vb. n. Grabbling.] [Freq. of grab; cf. D. grabbelen.]

  1. To grope; to feel with the hands.

    He puts his hands into his pockets, and keeps a grabbling and fumbling.
    --Selden.

  2. To lie prostrate on the belly; to sprawl on the ground; to grovel.
    --Ainsworth.

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grabbled

vb. (en-past of: grabble)

Usage examples of "grabbled".

He grabbled a vine and brought himself to a graceful stop at a table on the up wing, at the edge of the empty core.

As Willow grabbled for a box of Kleenex, Arthur Battenkill said, "How elegant.

The cold was in his soul, he realized, and his voice rose a little as he grabbled on.

She grabbled around in her black and white bag and pushed some bills across the desk in a lump.

In a quick motion, he pulled off the coat, the sports jacket, tossed them aside, grabbled a bladeless safety razor from the cabinet shelf and scraped a swath through the layer of white lather, then dashed for the door and flung it wide.