scribble
noun/ˈskrɪbl/
/ˈskrɪbl/
- [uncountable, singular] careless and untidy writing synonym scrawl
- How do you expect me to read this scribble?
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- [countable, usually plural] marks or pictures that seem to have no meaning synonym scrawl
- The page was covered with a mass of scribbles.
Word Originlate Middle English: from medieval Latin scribillare, diminutive of Latin scribere ‘write’.
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