grabble
/ˈɡɹæbl̩/ · noun
Meaning
- 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.
- To search with one's hands and fingers; to attempt to grasp something.
- To search in a similar way using an implement.
- To touch (someone) with one's hands or fingers, sometimes in a sexual way.
- To pick (something or someone) up hastily, roughly or clumsily.
- To attempt to grab; to grasp at (something).
- To pull, lift or dig (something) (out of the ground) by searching with one's hands and fingers.
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