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scrawl
[skrawl]
verb (used with object)
to write or draw in a sprawling, awkward manner.
He scrawled his name hastily across the blackboard.
verb (used without object)
to write awkwardly, carelessly, or illegibly.
noun
awkward, careless, or illegible handwriting.
something scrawled, as a letter or a note.
scrawl
/ ɔː /
verb
to write or draw (signs, words, etc) carelessly or hastily; scribble
noun
careless or scribbled writing, drawing, or marks
Other 51Թ Forms
- unscrawled adjective
- unscrawling adjective
- ˈɱ noun
- ˈɱ adjective
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of scrawl1
Example Sentences
Working to remove the spray paint scrawled across the windows felt like a tangible thing she could do for a few hours before she had to pick up her young children from school.
The handwritten pink scrawl suggests a level of stress that is entirely understandable for the team putting on the biggest stadium tour of the year.
The vandalism and graffiti stretched out block after block across downtown Los Angeles: “Remove Trumps head!!” was scrawled on the front facade of the Los Angeles County Law Library.
He scrawled in red ink on a Ministry of Supply report that said the Americans were producing greater quantities: "I am sorry we can't produce more".
Upstairs in her office, she had dozens of legal pads scrawled with poetry, she told me, and she had the idea of turning those notepads into a poetic memoir.
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