What does "scribble" mean?
Scribble: To write hastily or carelessly, without regard to correctness or elegance; as, to scribble a letter.
Additional senses
- 2.To fill or cover with careless or worthless writing.
- 3.To write without care, elegance, or value; to scrawl. If Mævius scribble in Apollo's spite. Pope.
- 4.Hasty or careless writing; a writing of little value; a scrawl; as, a hasty scribble. Boyle. Neither did I but vacant seasons spend In this my scribble. Bunyan.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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