Definitions for: Scribble


[n] poor handwriting
[v] write down quickly without much attention to detail
[v] write carelessly



Webster (1913) Definition: Scrib"ble, v. t. [Cf. Scrabble.] (Woolen Manuf.)
To card coarsely; to run through the scribbling machine.


Scrib"ble, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scribbled (-b'ld);
p. pr. & vb. n. Scribbling (-bl[i^]ng).] [From Scribe.]
1. To write hastily or carelessly, without regard to
correctness or elegance; as, to scribble a letter.

2. To fill or cover with careless or worthless writing.


Scrib"ble, v. i.
To write without care, elegance, or value; to scrawl.

If M[ae]vius scribble in Apollo's spite. --Pope.


Scrib"ble, n.
Hasty or careless writing; a writing of little value; a
scrawl; as, a hasty scribble. --Boyle.

Neither did I but vacant seasons spend In this my
scribble. --Bunyan.

Synonyms: cacography, scrabble, scratch, scrawl, scrawl

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

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