scribble (verb)

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• scribble — ► VERB 1) write or draw carelessly or hurriedly. 2) informal write for a living or as a hobby. ► NOUN ▪ a piece of writing or a picture produced carelessly or hurriedly. DERIVATIVES scribbler noun. ORIGIN Latin scribillare, from scriber …   English terms dictionary

• scribble — verb (scribbled; scribbling) Etymology: Middle English scriblen, from Medieval Latin scribillare, from Latin scribere to write Date: 15th century transitive verb 1. to write hastily or carelessly without regard to legibility or form 2. to cover… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• scribble — verb ADVERB ▪ furiously, hastily, hurriedly, quickly ▪ The students were all scribbling away furiously. ▪ away, down, out …   Collocations dictionary

• scribble — I. /ˈskrɪbəl / (say skribuhl) verb (scribbled, scribbling) –verb (t) 1. to write hastily or carelessly: to scribble a letter. –verb (i) 2. to write literary matter in a hasty, careless way. 3. to make meaningless marks. –noun 4. a hasty or… …  

• scribble — [[t]skrɪ̱b(ə)l[/t]] scribbles, scribbling, scribbled 1) VERB If you scribble something, you write it quickly and roughly. [V n] She scribbled a note to tell Mum she d gone out... [V prep/adv] As I scribbled in my diary the light went out. 2) VERB …   English dictionary

• scribble — I UK [ˈskrɪb(ə)l] / US verb Word forms scribble : present tense I/you/we/they scribble he/she/it scribbles present participle scribbling past tense scribbled past participle scribbled 1) [transitive] to write something quickly and carelessly Tony …   English dictionary

• scribble — scrib|ble1 [ skrıbl ] verb 1. ) transitive to write something quickly and carelessly: Tony scribbled the address on the back of an envelope. scribble something down: I scribbled the numbers down as they were read out. 2. ) intransitive or… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• scribble down — PHRASAL VERB If you scribble down something, you write it quickly or roughly. [V P n (not pron)] I attempted to scribble down the names... [V n P] He took my name and address, scribbling it down in his notebook …   English dictionary

• scribble in — phr verb Scribble in is used with these nouns as the object: ↑notebook …   Collocations dictionary

• scribble — 1 verb 1 (T) to write something quickly and untidily: I scribbled his phone number in my address book. 2 (I) to draw marks that have no meaning: Don t scribble on the desk like that! 2 noun 1 (U) also scribbles meaningless marks or pictures,… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• scribble — 1. verb he scribbled a few lines on a piece of paper Syn: scrawl, write hurriedly, write untidily, scratch, dash off, jot (down); doodle 2. noun a page of scribble Syn: scrawl, squiggle(s), jottings; doodle, doodlings …   Thesaurus of popular words