Definition of scribble Scribble

/skɹɪˈbʌl/ - [skribul] - scrib•ble

We found 16 definitions of scribble from 5 different sources.

What does scribble mean?

Noun Plural: scribbles
scribble - poor handwriting
		scratch, scrawl, cacography
		handwriting, script, hand the activity of writing by hand; "handwriting can be slow and painful for one with arthritis"
		chicken scratch cramped or illegible handwriting
scribble - an aimless drawing
		scrabble, doodle
		drawing act of getting or draining something such as electricity or a liquid from a source; "the drawing of water from the well"
Verb scribbles, scribbling, scribbled
scribble - write carelessly
		scrawl
		write communicate or express by writing; "Please write to me every week"
scribble - write down quickly without much attention to detail
		scrabble
		write communicate or express by writing; "Please write to me every week"

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scribble (v. t.)
To card coarsely; to run through the scribbling machine.
scribble (v. t.)
To write hastily or carelessly, without regard to correctness or elegance; as, to scribble a letter.
scribble (v. t.)
To fill or cover with careless or worthless writing.
scribble (v. i.)
To write without care, elegance, or value; to scrawl.
scribble (n.)
Hasty or careless writing; a writing of little value; a scrawl; as, a hasty scribble.

scribble
skrib′l, v.t. to scratch or write carelessly: to fill with worthless writing.—v.i. to write carelessly: to scrawl.—n. careless writing: a scrawl.—ns. Scribb′ler, a petty author; Scribb′ling, the act of writing hastily or carelessly.—adv. Scribb′lingly.—n.pl. Scribb′lings. [A freq. of scribe.]
scribble
skrib′l, v.t. to card roughly, as wool.—ns. Scribb′ler, a machine for doing this, or a person who tends such; Scribb′ling, the first carding of wool or cotton; Scribb′ling-machine′, a coarse form of carding-machine. [Scand., Sw. skrubbla, to card.]