scrawl
noun/skrɔːl/
/skrɔːl/
- a careless untidy way of writing; something written in this way synonym scribble
- Her signature was an illegible scrawl.
- I can't be expected to read this scrawl!
- The paper was covered in scrawls.
Word Originearly 17th cent.: apparently an alteration of the verb crawl, perhaps influenced by obsolete scrawl ‘sprawl’.
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