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grubbled

grubbled is the simple past and past participle of grubble.

Meaning of grubble

Verb

grubble (third-person singular simple present grubbles, present participle grubbling, simple past and past participle grubbled)

  1. (ambitransitive, obsolete, rare) To feel or grope in the dark.
    • When all depart, when Complements are loud, / Be sure to mix among the thickest Crowd: / There I will be, and there we cannot miss, / Perhaps to Grubble, or at least to Kiss.1704, John Dryden, Poetical Miscellanies, volume 5, London, translation of Amores by Ovid, page 28
    Synonyms:
    fumble, grabble

Questions about grubbled

What is grubbled the simple past and past participle of?
Grubbled is the simple past and past participle of grubble.

Words near grubbled in the dictionary

  1. grubbing kens
  2. grubbing out
  3. grubbing up
  4. grubbings
  5. grubble
  6. grubbled
  7. grubbles
  8. grubbling
  9. Grubbs
  10. Grubbs' catalyst
  11. Grubbs' catalysts

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