Definitions for: Scrawl


[n] poor handwriting
[v] write carelessly



Webster (1913) Definition: Scrawl, v. i.
See Crawl. [Obs.] --Latimer.


Scrawl, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scrawled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Scrawling.] [Probably corrupted from scrabble.]
To draw or mark awkwardly and irregularly; to write hastily
and carelessly; to scratch; to scribble; as, to scrawl a
letter.

His name, scrawled by himself. --Macaulay.


Scrawl, v. i.
To write unskillfully and inelegantly.

Though with a golden pen you scrawl. --Swift.


Scrawl (skr[add]l), n.
Unskillful or inelegant writing; that which is unskillfully
or inelegantly written.

The left hand will make such a scrawl, that it will not
be legible. --Arbuthnot.

You bid me write no more than a scrawl to you. --Gray.

Synonyms: cacography, scratch, scribble, scribble

See Also: hand, handwriting, script, squiggle, write

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