scribble
verb/ˈskrɪbl/
/ˈskrɪbl/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they scribble | /ˈskrɪbl/ /ˈskrɪbl/ |
| he / she / it scribbles | /ˈskrɪblz/ /ˈskrɪblz/ |
| past simple scribbled | /ˈskrɪbld/ /ˈskrɪbld/ |
| past participle scribbled | /ˈskrɪbld/ /ˈskrɪbld/ |
| -ing form scribbling | /ˈskrɪblɪŋ/ /ˈskrɪblɪŋ/ |
- [transitive, intransitive] to write something quickly and carelessly, especially because you do not have much time synonym scrawl
- scribble something He scribbled a note to his sister before leaving.
- There was a scribbled message on the back of the ticket.
- scribble something down She scribbled down her phone number and pushed it into his hand.
- scribble (away) Throughout the interview the journalists scribbled away furiously.
Extra ExamplesTopics Literature and writingc2- She hastily scribbled out a note.
- The students were all scribbling away furiously.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- furiously
- hastily
- hurriedly
- …
- [intransitive] (+ adv./prep.) to draw marks that do not mean anything
- Someone had scribbled all over the table in crayon.
Word Originlate Middle English: from medieval Latin scribillare, diminutive of Latin scribere ‘write’.
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