To scrape, scratch, or paw with the hands; move along on the hands and knees; crawl; scramble: as, to scrabble up a cliff or a tree.To scramble or struggle to catch something.To make irregular, crooked, or unmeaning marks; scrawl; scribble.To scrape or gather hastily: with up, together, or the like.n. A moving on the hands and knees; a scramble.