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Entry 3 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Scribbling

/skrĭb'-əl-ĭng/ · Scrib·bling · IPA /ˈskɹɪblɪŋ/
01 n. The act or process of carding coarsely.
  1. 1.
    The act or process of carding coarsely.
Phrases & compounds
Scribbling machine — the machine used for the first carding of wool or other fiber; -- called also scribbler.
02 a. Writing hastily or poorly.
  1. 1.
    Writing hastily or poorly.
    “Ye newspaper witlings! ye pert scribbling folks!” — Goldsmith.
03 n. The act of writing hastily or idly.
  1. 1.
    The act of writing hastily or idly.