SCRIBBLE

scribble, scrabble, doodle

(noun) an aimless drawing

scribble, scratch, scrawl, cacography

(noun) poor handwriting

scribble, scrabble

(verb) write down quickly without much attention to detail

scribble, scrawl

(verb) write carelessly

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Verb

scribble (third-person singular simple present scribbles, present participle scribbling, simple past and past participle scribbled)

To write or draw carelessly and in a hurry

To doodle

Synonyms

• scrawl

Noun

scribble (countable and uncountable, plural scribbles)

Careless, hasty writing, doodle or drawing

Etymology 2

Verb

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.

Anagrams

• cribbles

Source: Wiktionary

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Scrib"ble, v. t. Etym: [Cf. Scrabble.] (Woolen Manuf.)

Definition: To card coarsely; to run through the scribling machine.

Scrib"ble, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scribbled; p. pr. & vb. n. Scribling.] Etym: [From Scrible.]

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.

Definition: To write without care, elegance, or value; to scrawl. If Mævius scribble in Apollo's spite. Pope.

Scrib"ble, n.

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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