This week's theme: yours to discover. scrabble (SKRAB-uhl) verb tr., intr.
1. To scratch or scrape, as with claws or hands. 2. To struggle to obtain something not easily available. 3. To climb over something hastily or clumsily. 4. To scribble. noun The act of scratching, scraping, struggling, scribbling, climbing, etc. frantically, desperately, or with difficulty. [From Dutch schrabbelen, from schrabben (to scrape or scratch).] Today's word in Visual Thesaurus: http://visualthesaurus.com/?w1=scrabble -Anu Garg (gargATwordsmith.org) "The chances are slim to non-existent that enough votes could be scrabbled together to destroy Prodi's lead of 25,000 seats in the Chamber." Michael Braun; You Thought You Had Got Rid of Me?; Spiegel (Hamburg, Germany); Apr 13, 2006. Sponsors' messages: Exquisite books, artwork, greeting cards, and other resources for the journey, from artist and author Jan L. Richardson. http://www.janrichardson.com Have a daily word with Mom. Send a gift subscription of A.Word.A.Day Premium: http://wordsmith.org/awad/premium.html ............................................................................ I found one day in school a boy of medium size ill-treating a smaller boy. I expostulated, but he replied: 'The bigs hit me, so I hit the babies; that's fair.' In these words he epitomized the history of the human race. -Bertrand Russell, philosopher, mathematician, and author (1872-1970) Our privacy policy: AWAD mailing list addresses are never sold, rented, leased, traded, swapped, exchanged, or bartered. We hate junk mail. Remove, change address, gift subs: http://wordsmith.org/awad/subscriber.html Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/scrabble.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/scrabble.ram Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/scrabble.html This message was sent to "[email protected]".
