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scrawl

[skrawl]

verb (used with object)

  1. to write or draw in a sprawling, awkward manner.

    He scrawled his name hastily across the blackboard.



verb (used without object)

  1. to write awkwardly, carelessly, or illegibly.

noun

  1. awkward, careless, or illegible handwriting.

  2. something scrawled, as a letter or a note.

scrawl

/ ɔː /

verb

  1. to write or draw (signs, words, etc) carelessly or hastily; scribble

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. careless or scribbled writing, drawing, or marks

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • unscrawled adjective
  • unscrawling adjective
  • ˈɱ noun
  • ˈɱ adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of scrawl1

1605–15; perhaps to be identified with late Middle English scraule to sprawl, crawl (blend of sprawl and crawl 1 )
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of scrawl1

C17: perhaps a blend of sprawl and crawl 1
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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.

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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.

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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.

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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".

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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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