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Definitions for: Scribble [n] poor handwriting
[v] write down quickly without much attention to detail
[v] write carelessly
Webster (1913) Definition: Scrib"ble, v. t. [Cf. Scrabble.] (Woolen Manuf.)
To card coarsely; to run through the scribbling machine.
Scrib"ble, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scribbled (-b'ld);
p. pr. & vb. n. Scribbling (-bl[i^]ng).] [From Scribe.]
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.
Scrib"ble, v. i.
To write without care, elegance, or value; to scrawl.
If M[ae]vius scribble in Apollo's spite. --Pope.
Scrib"ble, n.
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.
Synonyms: cacography, scrabble, scratch, scrawl, scrawl
See Also: hand, handwriting, script, squiggle, write, write
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