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Entry 5 senses · 4 variants Webster, 1913

Scribble

/skrĭb'-əl/ · Scrib·ble · IPA /ˈskɹɪbəl/
01 v. t. To card coarsely; to run through the scribbling machine.
  1. 1.
    To card coarsely; to run through the scribbling machine.(Woolen Manuf.)
02 v. t. To write hastily or carelessly, without regard to correctness or elegance; as, to scribble a letter.
imp. & p. p. Scribbled; p. pr. & vb. n. Scribbling
  1. 1.
    To write hastily or carelessly, without regard to correctness or elegance; as, to scribble a letter.
  2. 2.
    To fill or cover with careless or worthless writing.
03 v. i. To write without care, elegance, or value; to scrawl.
  1. 1.
    To write without care, elegance, or value; to scrawl.
    “If Maevius scribble in Apollo's spite.” Pope.
04 n. Hasty or careless writing; a writing of little value; a scrawl; as, a hasty scribble.
  1. 1.
    Hasty or careless writing; a writing of little value; a scrawl; as, a hasty scribble.
    “Neither did I but vacant seasons spend In this my scribble.” Bunyan.