grabble

Example Sentences

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It’s that we want—and need—the ability to grabble with nuance and ambiguity that are inherent when our bodies and minds fail.

From Slate • Apr. 9, 2018

To grabble the bit; to seize any   one's money.

From 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue by Grose, Francis

He jump up, he did, en 'gun ter grabble in de quog-mire des ez hard ez he kin.

From Nights With Uncle Remus by Winter, Milo

"Who gets me, I think, will have to swoop down in an aeroplane, and grabble me all up and fly away with me!"

From Patty's Suitors by Wells, Carolyn

V. touch, feel, handle, finger, thumb, paw, fumble, grope, grabble; twiddle, tweedle; pass the fingers over, run the fingers over; manipulate, wield; throw out a feeler.

From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark