Meanings
verbgrubble (third-person singular simple present grubbles, present participle grubbling, simple past and past participle grubbled)
present singular third person grubbles · participle present grubbling · participle past grubbled · past grubbled
- ambitransitiveobsoleterareTo 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 & antonyms
Origin
From grub + -le, frequentative, but compare grabble.
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