scrawl
About 0.23 uses per million words.
Meaning
- noun Irregular, poor handwriting; especially, such writing that is illegible.
- noun A hastily or carelessly written note etc.
- noun Writing that lacks literary merit.
- noun A broken branch of a tree.
- noun The young of the dog-crab.
- verb To write something hastily or illegibly.
She scrawled the main points onto her notepad.
- verb To write in an irregular or illegible manner.
- verb To write unskilfully and inelegantly.
Similar words
scribble cacography scratch signature signed scar devil signing claw squiggle
Often followed by
of on a in and that to from was
Word family
scrawled scrawler scrawlers scrawlier scrawliest scrawling scrawls scrawly
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