To scrape, paw or scratch with the hands; to move along on the hands and knees by clawing with the hands; to scramble; as, to scrabble up a cliff or a tree.

To make irregular or crooked marks; as, children scrabble when they begin to write; hence, to make irregular and unmeaning marks. David - scrabbled on the doors of the gate. 7 Samuel 21:13.

To mark with irregular lines or letters; as, to scrabble paper.