Scrabble

n : (trademark) a game in which words are formed from letters in

patterns similar to a crossword puzzle [syn: {Scrabble}]

v 1: feel searchingly; "She groped for his keys in the dark"

[syn: {grope for}]

2: write down quickly without much attention to detail [syn: {scribble}]

scribble

To modify a data structure in a random and unintentionally

destructive way. "Bletch! Somebody's disk-compactor program

went berserk and scribbled on the i-node table." "It was

working fine until one of the allocation routines scribbled on

low core." Synonymous with {trash}; compare {mung}, which

conveys a bit more intention, and {mangle}, which is more

violent and final.

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