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1. (v.t.) scribble
to write hastily or carelessly:
to scribble a letter.
2. scribble
to cover with meaningless marks.
3. (v.i.) scribble
to write or draw in a hasty or meaningless way.
4. (n.) scribble
a hasty or careless drawing or piece of writing.
5. scribble
illegible handwriting.
6. scribble
a series of meaningless marks or scrawls.
Etymology: (1425–75; < ML scrībillāre to scribble, der. of L scrībere to write)
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| Definition of 'scribble' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) scribble, scratch, scrawl, cacography
poor handwriting
2. (verb) scribble, scrabble, doodle
an aimless drawing
3. (verb) scribble, scrabble
write down quickly without much attention to detail
4. (verb) scribble, scrawl
write carelessly
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1. (verb) scribble
to write quickly and messily
He scribbled a note to himself.; I watched her scribbling away.
2. scribble
to draw lines and marks that do not mean anything
kids scribbling on the walls; I couldn't read his scribbles.
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| Definition of 'scribble' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) scribble
hasty or careless writing; a writing of little value; a scrawl; as, a hasty scribble
2. (verb) scribble
to card coarsely; to run through the scribbling machine
3. (verb) scribble
to write hastily or carelessly, without regard to correctness or elegance; as, to scribble a letter
4. (verb) scribble
to fill or cover with careless or worthless writing
5. (verb) scribble
to write without care, elegance, or value; to scrawl
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| Definitions of 'scribble' |
The New Hacker's Dictionary |
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1. scribble
To modify a data structure in a random and unintentionally
destructive way. “Bletch! Somebody's disk-compactor program went
berserk and scribbled on the i-node table.” “It was working
fine until one of the allocation routines scribbled on low core.”
Synonymous with trash; compare
mung, which conveys a bit more intention, and
mangle, which is more violent and final.
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Sense: to write quickly or carelessly
He scribbled a message.
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 Afrikaans: krabbel |
 Arabic: يَكْتُبُ بِسُرْعَه |
 Bulgarian: надрасквам |
 Brazilian: rabiscar |
 Czech: naškrábat |
 German: schmieren |
 Danish: kradse ned |
 Greek: γράφω βιαστικά ή απρόσεκτ |
 Spanish: garabatear |
 Estonian: kritseldama |
 Farsi: با عجله وبي دقت نوشتن |
 Finnish: tuhertaa |
 French: griffonner |
 Hebrew: לְשַרבֵט |
 Hindi: घसीटना |
 Croatian: nadrljati, načrčkati |
 Hungarian: lefirkant |
 Indonesian: menulis dengan cepat-cepa |
 Icelandic: hripa niður |
 Italian: scarabocchiare, scribacch |
 Japanese: ぞんざいに書く |
 Korean: 휘갈겨 쓰다 |
 Lithuanian: brūkštelėti |
 Latvian: kricelēt |
 Malay: menulis cakar ayam |
 Dutch: krabbelen |
 Norwegian: rable/klore ned, smøre sa |
 Polish: nagryzmolić |
 Persian: با عجله وبي دقت نوشتن |
 Pashto: ګروول، موښل، په خاپوړو تل |
 Portuguese: rabiscar |
 Romanian: a mâzgăli |
 Russian: нацарапать; черкнуть |
 Slovak: načmárať |
 Slovenian: načečkati |
 Serbian: naškrabati |
 Swedish: klottra (rafsa) ner |
 Thai: เขียนอย่างหวัด ๆ |
 Turkish: karalamak, acele ile yazm |
 Taiwanese: 潦草地寫 |
 Ukrainian: писати недбало |
 Urdu: جلدبازی میں لکھنا |
 Vietnamese: viết chữ cẩu thả |
 Chinese: 潦草地书写 |
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