scribble

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
14
Words With Friends
18
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˈskɹɪbəl/

Definition of scribble

5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (ambitransitive)To write or draw carelessly and in a hurry.
    “I suddenly remembered I needed to buy bleach, so scribbled it down on my shopping list.”
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verb

  1. (ambitransitive)To write or draw carelessly and in a hurry.
    “I suddenly remembered I needed to buy bleach, so scribbled it down on my shopping list.”
  2. To doodle.
  3. To write badly; to work as an inferior author or journalist.
  4. (obsolete, transitive)To card or tease (wool) coarsely; to run through a scribbler.

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)Careless, hasty writing, doodle or drawing

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From Middle English scribblen, scriblen, scryblen, scribelen, equivalent to scribe + -le (frequentative suffix).

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