Hypertext Webster Gateway: "scribble"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Scribble \Scrib"ble\, v. t. [Cf. {Scrabble}.] (Woolen Manuf.)
To card coarsely; to run through the scribbling machine.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Scribble \Scrib"ble\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scribbled} (-b'ld);
p. pr. & vb. n. {Scribbling} (-bl[i^]ng).] [From {Scribe}.]
1. To write hastily or carelessly, without regard to
correctness or elegance; as, to scribble a letter.
2. To fill or cover with careless or worthless writing.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Scribble \Scrib"ble\, v. i.
To write without care, elegance, or value; to scrawl.
If M[ae]vius scribble in Apollo's spite. --Pope.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Scribble \Scrib"ble\, n.
Hasty or careless writing; a writing of little value; a
scrawl; as, a hasty scribble. --Boyle.
Neither did I but vacant seasons spend In this my
scribble. --Bunyan.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
scribble
n : poor handwriting [syn: {scratch}, {scrawl}, {cacography}]
v 1: write down quickly without much attention to detail [syn: {scrabble}]
2: write carelessly [syn: {scrawl}]
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