Sorry, no online dictionaries contain the exact phrase clawing desperately at something.

Reverse dictionary results:
1. scrabbling
2. grasping
3. groping
4. scratching
5. bung
6. flog
7. grabble
8. hock
9. poke about
10. slew
11. snag
12. fang
13. feague
14. gimcrack
15. haggling
16. hurkle
17. knuckle
18. nip
19. nip and tuck
20. pinch
21. rump
22. rutsch
23. scamble
24. scour
25. scrabble
26. scram
27. scramble competition
28. scrambler
29. scrattle
30. scuddle
31. scuff
32. shackle
33. snaring
34. snatch
35. snatching
36. stompy
37. throttler
38. whew

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