Synonyms for scribble
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : skrib-uh l |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈskrɪb əl |
Définition of scribble
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.
- verb write illegibly
- He went over to the desk and began to scribble a name on the pad of paper.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- If he be a soldier, he is sure to scribble his name with 'lieutenant-general' before it.
- Extract from : « Tony Butler » by Charles James Lever
- Scribble him a little note at once, tell him who I am and what I am going to do.
- Extract from : « Shoulder-Straps » by Henry Morford
- I must really take my pen to scribble a little before I set off.
- Extract from : « Journal of a Young Lady of Virginia, 1782 » by Lucinda Lee Orr
- I have but little time to scribble, and that is only when we retire to dress.
- Extract from : « Journal of a Young Lady of Virginia, 1782 » by Lucinda Lee Orr
- He took a note-book from under his pillow and commenced to scribble.
- Extract from : « All Roads Lead to Calvary » by Jerome K. Jerome
- It explained much to Barry Houston, that scribble of four words.
- Extract from : « The White Desert » by Courtney Ryley Cooper
- A short distance, such a short distance from where I scribble these words, Vanzetti died.
- Extract from : « Greener Than You Think » by Ward Moore
- They thank me profusely and scribble the name down on their shirt-cuffs.
- Extract from : « Jill the Reckless » by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
- It seems to me that nothing matters and yet I scribble verses.
- Extract from : « Virgin Soil » by Ivan S. Turgenev
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