grubble

verb

grubble

verb

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

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

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