English-Esperanto translations for grabble
Definition of grabble
- To search with one's hands and fingers; to attempt to grasp something
- To search in a similar way using an implement#Etymology_1|implement
- To touch with one's hands or fingers, sometimes in a sexual way
- To pick ''up'hastily, roughly or clumsily.
[, ''A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue,'London: Hooper and Wigstead, 1796, 3rd edition: “TO GRABBLE. To seize.”[https://archive.org/details/cu31924073798740]] - To attempt to grab; to grasp at (something
- To pull, lift or dig by searching with one's hands and fingers.
[B. W. Green, ''Virginia Folk-Speech,'Richmond, 1899, p.166: “Grabble, ''v.'To dig out of the ground with the hands.”[https://archive.org/details/wordbookofvirgin00gree]] - To lift ''out'in a similar way using an implement#Etymology_1|implement
- To catch fish by reaching into the water with one's hand
- To fish on the grabble#Noun|grabble
- To utter inarticulate sounds, often quickly and loudly; to say quickly, idly or foolishly
- To lie prostrate; to sprawl on the ground
- A method of fishing using a line with several hooks fastened to it along with a lead weight so that the hooks sit on the bottom.
[T.F. Salter, ''The Angler’s Guide,'London: Sherwood, 1825, pp. 367-368.[https://archive.org/details/anglersguidebein00salt]]
Examples
- To lay / fish (up)on the grabble
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