Category:Scribble

Scrib"ble, v. t. Etym: [cf. Scrabble.] (woolen manuf.)

Defn: to card coarsely; to run through the scribling machine.

Scribble Scrib"ble, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scribbled; p. pr. & vb. n. Scribling.] Etym: [from scrible.]

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.

Scribble Scrib"ble, v. i.

Defn: to write without care, elegance, or value; to scrawl. If mævius scribble in apollo's spite. Pope.

Scribble Scrib"ble, n.

Defn: 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.