write hurriedly

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• dash off — {v.} To make, do, or finish quickly; especially, to draw, paint, or write hurriedly. * /Ann took out her drawing pad and pencil and dashed off a sketch of the Indians./ * /John can dash off several letters while Mary writes only one./ * /Charles… …   Dictionary of American idioms

• dash off — {v.} To make, do, or finish quickly; especially, to draw, paint, or write hurriedly. * /Ann took out her drawing pad and pencil and dashed off a sketch of the Indians./ * /John can dash off several letters while Mary writes only one./ * /Charles… …   Dictionary of American idioms

• dash\ off — v To make, do, or finish quickly; especially, to draw, paint, or write hurriedly. Ann took out her drawing pad and pencil and dashed off a sketch of the Indians. John can dash off several letters while Mary writes only one. Charles had forgotten… …   Словарь американских идиом

• scrawl — 1. verb he scrawled his name at the bottom of the page Syn: scribble, write hurriedly, write untidily, dash off 2. noun his writing was a scrawl Syn: scribble, chicken scratch, squiggle(s), hieroglyphics …   Thesaurus of popular words

• 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

• whip — whiplike, adj. whipper, n. /hwip, wip/, v., whipped or whipt, whipping, n. v.t. 1. to beat with a strap, lash, rod, or the like, esp. by way of punishment or chastisement; flog; thrash: Criminals used to be whipped for minor offenses. 2. to… …   Universalium

• dash — c.1300, probably from a Scandinavian source (Cf. Swed. daska, Dan. daske to beat, strike ), somehow imitative. The oldest sense is that in dash to pieces and dashed hopes. Intrans. meaning move quickly appeared c.1300, that of to write hurriedly… …   Etymology dictionary

• whip — [[t](h)wɪp, wɪp[/t]] v. whipped whipt, whip•ping, 1) to beat with a flexible implement, as a strap, lash, or rod, esp. as punishment; flog 2) to spank 3) to urge on with or as if with lashes 4) to castigate with words 5) to train or organize… …   From formal English to slang

• scrabble — [c]/ˈskræbəl / (say skrabuhl) verb (scrabbled, scrabbling) –verb (i) 1. to scratch or scrape, as with the claws or hands. 2. to scrawl; scribble. 3. to struggle to gain possession of something. 4. to scratch or grope about clumsily or blindly.… …  

• scratch — v., n., & adj. v. 1 tr. score or mark the surface of with a sharp or pointed object. 2 tr. a make a long narrow superficial wound in (the skin). b cause (a person or part of the body) to be scratched (scratched himself on the table). 3 tr. (also… …   Useful english dictionary

• dash something off — write something hurriedly and without much premeditation * * * ˌdash sthˈoff derived to write or draw sth very quickly • I dashed off a note to my brother. Main entry: ↑dashderived …   Useful english dictionary