scribble
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle English scribblen, scriblen, scryblen, scribelen, equivalent to scribe + -le (frequentative suffix).
Verb[edit]
scribble (third-person singular simple present scribbles, present participle scribbling, simple past and past participle scribbled)
- (transitive, intransitive) To write or draw carelessly and in a hurry.
- I suddenly remembered I needed to buy bleach, so scribbled it down on my shopping list.
- To doodle.
- To write badly; to work as an inferior author or journalist.
Synonyms[edit]
- (all senses): scrawl
Coordinate terms[edit]
- (write hurriedly): jot
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
to write or draw carelessly and in a hurry
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to doodle
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Noun[edit]
scribble (countable and uncountable, plural scribbles)
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
hastily done writing
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Etymology 2[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Swedish skrubbla?”)
Verb[edit]
scribble (third-person singular simple present scribbles, present participle scribbling, simple past and past participle scribbled)
- (obsolete, transitive) To card or tease (wool) coarsely; to run through a scribbler.
Further reading[edit]
- “scribble”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “scribble”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
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