Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

crabble

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: crab-ble
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To creep, crawl, or clamber, like a crab

Intransitive verb

Example Sentences

"His gray shape was a bandy legged bug crabbling up the dark cobblestones."
"The chameleon crabbled to the middle of the coffee table and defecated."
"He cribbled and crabbled about there with all his might; but he got a good pressing from the boy's hand for this, which served as a hint to him to keep quiet."

Etymology

From crab + -le (frequentative suffix). Compare English crawl, of similar formation. Compare also Saterland Frisian krabbelje, Dutch krabbelen, German krabbeln.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: crab

Usage

Intransitive verb

Inflected Forms

crabbles (present, singular) crabbling (participle, present) crabbled (participle, past) crabbled (past)

Rhymes With

scrabble rabble babel babble dabble drabble hardscrabble technobabble gabble

Questions

What does crabble mean?: To creep, crawl, or clamber, like a crab
Where does crabble come from?: From crab + -le (frequentative suffix). Compare English crawl, of similar formation. Compare also Saterland Frisian krabbelje, Dutch krabbelen, German krabbeln.

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