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Scribble

//ˈskɹɪbəl// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Careless, hasty writing, doodle or drawing countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    an aimless drawing wordnet
  3. 3
    poor handwriting wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To write or draw carelessly and in a hurry. ambitransitive

    "I suddenly remembered I needed to buy bleach, so scribbled it down on my shopping list."

  2. 2
    To card or tease (wool) coarsely; to run through a scribbler. obsolete, transitive
  3. 3
    write down quickly without much attention to detail wordnet
  4. 4
    To doodle.
  5. 5
    write carelessly wordnet
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  1. 6
    To write badly; to work as an inferior author or journalist.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English scribblen, scriblen, scryblen, scribelen, equivalent to scribe + -le (frequentative suffix).

Etymology 2

From Middle English scribblen, scriblen, scryblen, scribelen, equivalent to scribe + -le (frequentative suffix).

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