scrawl
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Possibly Middle English
Noun [edit]
scrawl (plural scrawls)
- An irregular, possibly illegible handwriting.
- A hastily, or carelessly written note etc.
Translations [edit]
irregular handwriting
hastily or carelessly written note
Verb [edit]
scrawl (third-person singular simple present scrawls, present participle scrawling, simple past and past participle scrawled)
- (transitive) To write something hastily or illegibly.
- (intransitive) To write in an irregular or illegible manner.
- (intransitive) To write unskilfully and inelegantly.
- Milton
- Though with a golden pen you scrawl.
- Milton
Translations [edit]
to write hastily or illegibly
to write in an irregular or illegible manner
