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Synonyms for scribbling
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : skrib-uh l |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈskrɪb əl |
Définition of scribbling
Origin :- mid-15c., from Medieval Latin scribillare, diminutive of Latin scribere "to write" (see script (n.)). Related: Scribbled; scribbling. The noun, "hurried or careless writing," is 1570s, from the verb.
- noun messy writing
- When I have time and am not too tired, I comfort myself with scribbling.
- Extract from : « Ballads of a Bohemian » by Robert W. Service
- One or two tear drops stained the paper on which the girl was scribbling.
- Extract from : « Jennie Baxter, Journalist » by Robert Barr
- You can see, by the way I am scribbling, that I have an idle and rainy afternoon.
- Extract from : « The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin, Volume I (of II) » by Charles Darwin
- McNorton was scribbling notes in shorthand and carefully circled the hour.
- Extract from : « The Green Rust » by Edgar Wallace
- He was scribbling on a book of tickets and it was piling up deep.
- Extract from : « Highways in Hiding » by George Oliver Smith
- And if I thought, even now, that he'd really given up his scribbling——'
- Extract from : « The Giant's Robe » by F. Anstey
- I hope I shall not weary you by scribbling my notions at this length.
- Extract from : « More Letters of Charles Darwin » by Charles Darwin
- I do get cramped and mixed, huddled up on the floor, scribbling.
- Extract from : « The Children of Wilton Chase » by Mrs. L. T. Meade
- I don't know what others do, but we read when I am not scribbling in this.
- Extract from : « The Naval History of the United States » by Willis J. Abbot.
- Ruth looked up quickly from the paper on which she was scribbling.
- Extract from : « The Chautauqua Girls At Home » by Pansy, AKA Isabella M. Alden
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