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Scribble
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What's The Definition Of Scribble?
[n] poor handwriting
[v] write down quickly without much attention to detail [v] write carelessly Synonyms | Synonyms for Scribble: cacography | scrabble | scratch | scrawl | scrawl Related Terms | Find terms related to Scribble: See Also | hand | handwriting | script | squiggle | write | write Scribble In Webster's Dictionary \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. |
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