grabble

(verb)

verb

1. To search with one's hands and fingers; to grope.

- A few hollow groans from the wardrobe, he thought, would be more than sufficient, or, if that failed to wake her, he might grabble at the counterpane with palsy-twitching fingers. - 1887, The Canterville Ghost/Chapter III by Oscar WildeHe puts his hands into his pockets, and keeps a-grabbling and fumbling. — Selden.

2. To lie prostrate on the belly; to sprawl on the ground; to grovel.