Synonyms for grabble
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Root — to search with one's hands and fingers; to attempt to grasp something
feel around informal, root, fumble, scrabble, rummage, glaum, grubble dated rare
2. Grope — to touch (someone) with one's hands or fingers, sometimes in a sexual way
3. Babble — to utter inarticulate sounds, often quickly and loudly; to say (something) quickly, idly or foolishly
Definitions
- v. 1
To search with one's hands and fingers; to attempt to grasp something.
- v. 2
To touch (someone) with one's hands or fingers, sometimes in a sexual way.
- v. 3
To pick (something or someone) up hastily, roughly or clumsily.
- v. 4
To utter inarticulate sounds, often quickly and loudly; to say (something) quickly, idly or foolishly.
Forms
- Past participle
- grabbled
e.g. grabbled → rooted, fumbled, scrabbled, rummaged…
Example sentences
- root Quichua is like the root of the indigenous people.
- fumble Don't fumble with anything during an interview.
- scrabble She absolutely trounces me whenever we play Scrabble.
- rummage Ziri started to rummage greedily in his mom's purse.
- grope Santiago tried to grope Melissa's chest.
- fondle If you leave, I'll tell all the world you fondle me while I sleep.
By length
- 3 letters
- paw1
- 4 letters
- feel1, grab1, root1, grip1, grub1
- 5 letters
- grasp1, seize1, grope1, glaum
- 6 letters
- clutch1, snatch1, fumble2, noodle2, babble2, fondle2, jabber, grovel2, gibber, gabble
- 7 letters
- rummage2, grubble
- 8 letters
- scrabble2
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (fumble2 = 2 syllables).