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Scrawl

Scrawl Meaning & Definition
Scrawl Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Scrawl?

[n] poor handwriting
[v] write carelessly

Synonyms | Synonyms for Scrawl: cacography | scratch | scribble | scribble

Related Terms | Find terms related to Scrawl:

See Also | hand | handwriting | script | squiggle | write

Scrawl In Webster's Dictionary

\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.

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