scribbles

Meaning of scribbles

verb, 3rd person present
  1. write or draw (something) carelessly or hurriedly.
    he took the clipboard and scribbled something illegible
    hastily he scribbled in the margin
plural noun
  1. a piece of writing or a picture produced carelessly or hurriedly.
    illegible scribbles
    the postman would never be able to decipher your scribble

late Middle English: from medieval Latin scribillare, diminutive of Latin scribere ‘write’.

verb, 3rd person present
  1. card (wool, cotton, etc.) coarsely.
    the machine was installed by the owners to scribble wool brought in by customers
    machinery used for scribbling and spinning

late 17th century: probably from Low German; compare with German schrubbeln (in the same sense), frequentative of Low German schrubben ‘to scrub’.

Information about scribbles

  • The singular form of scribbles is: scribble.
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Hyphenation of scribbles

scrib-bles

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
  • scribbles is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

scribbles synonyms

Meaning score or mark the surface of (something) with a sharp or pointed object:

scratch

Meaning write (something) in a hurried, careless way:

scrawl

Meaning scribble absent-mindedly:

doodle

Meaning a brief note:

jottings

Meaning bad handwriting or spelling:

cacography

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