v. scrawled, scrawl·ing, scrawls v.tr. To write hastily or sloppily. v.intr. To write something in a hasty or sloppy manner. n. 1. Sloppy, often illegible handwriting. 2. Something, such as a note, written hastily or sloppily. [Perhaps from obsolete scrawl, to gesticulate, sprawl, from Middle English scrawlen, probably blend of sprawlen, to sprawl; see SPRAWL and craulen, to crawl; see CRAWL1.] scrawler n. scrawly adj. |
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