scribble Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun poor handwriting
    scratch; scrawl; cacography.
  2. noun an aimless drawing
    scrabble; doodle.
  3. verb write down quickly without much attention to detail
    scrabble.
  4. verb write carelessly
    scrawl.

WordNet

Scrib"ble transitive verb
Etymology
Cf. Scrabble.
Definitions
  1. (Woolen Manuf.) To card coarsely; to run through the scribling machine.
Scrib"ble transitive verb
Etymology
From Scrible.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Scribbled ; present participle & verbal noun Scribling
Definitions
  1. To write hastily or carelessly, without regard to correctness or elegance; as, to scribble a letter.
  2. To fill or cover with careless or worthless writing.
Scrib"ble intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To write without care, elegance, or value; to scrawl.
    If Mævius scribble in Apollo's spite. Pope.
Scrib"ble noun
Definitions
  1. Hasty or careless writing; a writing of little value; a scrawl; as, a hasty scribble. Boyle.
    Neither did I but vacant seasons spend In this my scribble. Bunyan.

Webster 1913