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

Example sentences :

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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