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grubbles

grubbles is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 grubbles

What is grubbles the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Grubbles is the third-person singular simple present indicative of grubble.

Words near grubbles in the dictionary

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

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