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grabble

/ˈɡɹæbl̩/ · noun

Meaning

  1. A method of fishing using a line with several hooks fastened to it along with a lead weight so that the hooks sit on the bottom.
  2. To search with one's hands and fingers; to attempt to grasp something.
  3. To search in a similar way using an implement.
  4. To touch (someone) with one's hands or fingers, sometimes in a sexual way.
  5. To pick (something or someone) up hastily, roughly or clumsily.
  6. To attempt to grab; to grasp at (something).
  7. To pull, lift or dig (something) (out of the ground) by searching with one's hands and fingers.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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