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scrib·ble (skrib′əl)

transitive verb, intransitive verb scribbled -·bled, scribbling -·bling

  1. to write carelessly or illegibly
  2. to make or cover with meaningless or illegible marks
  3. to compose hastily, without regard to style

Etymology: ME scriblen < ML scribillare < L scribere, to write: see scribe

noun

  1. illegible or careless handwriting
  2. meaningless marks
  3. an inferior literary work

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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