v. scrib·bled, scrib·bling, scrib·bles v.tr. 1. To write (a note, for example) hurriedly without heed to legibility or style. 2. To draw (a picture) hurriedly or carelessly. v.intr. 1. To write in a hurried careless way. 2. To make meaningless marks, as with a pen or pencil. n. 1. Careless hurried writing. 2. Meaningless marks and lines. [Middle English scriblen, probably from scriben, to write, from Latin scrībere, to write; see skrībh- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] scribbly adj. |
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