grubble

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English

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Etymology

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From grub +‎ -le, frequentative, but compare grabble.

Verb

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

  1. (obsolete or rare, transitive, intransitive) To feel or grope in the dark.
    • 1704, John Dryden, Poetical Miscellanies, volume 5, London, translation of Amores by Ovid, page 28:
      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.

Synonyms

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References

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grubble”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.