scribble
scribble is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.To write hastily or carelessly, without regard to correctness or elegance; as, to scribble a letter.
- 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.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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Definition-first questions whose answer is scribble.
- What is to write hastily or carelessly, without regard to correctness or elegance; as, to scribble a letter called?
- What is to fill or cover with careless or worthless writing called?
- What is to write without care, elegance, or value; to scrawl. If Mævius scribble in Apollo's spite. Pope called?
- What is 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 called?
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- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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