English

Verb

grabble ‎(third-person singular simple present grabbles, present participle grabbling, simple past and past participle grabbled)

1. To search with one's hands and fingers; to grope.

   A few hollow groans from the wardrobe, he thought, would be more than sufficient, or, if that failed to wake her, he might grabble at the counterpane with palsy-twitching fingers. - 1887, The Canterville Ghost/Chapter III by Oscar Wilde

   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.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Ainsworth to this entry?)

Translations

Anagrams

• gabbler

German

Verb

grabble

1. First-person singular present of grabbeln.
2. First-person singular subjunctive I of grabbeln.
3. Third-person singular subjunctive I of grabbeln.
4. Imperative singular of grabbeln.