(v. i.) To lie prostrate on the belly; to sprawl on the ground; to grovel.
Example Sentences:
(1) "The family is still grabbling [sic] with the most shabby treatment throughout the years, especially in Mangaung in January this year," the email states.
Gribble
Definition:
(n.) A small marine isopod crustacean (Limnoria lignorum or L. terebrans), which burrows into and rapidly destroys submerged timber, such as the piles of wharves, both in Europe and America.