scribbled

Meaning of scribbled

adjective
  1. written or drawn carelessly or hurriedly.
    pages of scribbled notes
verb, past tense
  1. write or draw (something) carelessly or hurriedly.
    he took the clipboard and scribbled something illegible
    hastily he scribbled in the margin

late Middle English: from medieval Latin scribillare, diminutive of Latin scribere ‘write’.

verb, past tense
  1. card (wool, cotton, etc.) coarsely.
    the machine was installed by the owners to scribble wool brought in by customers
    machinery used for scribbling and spinning

late 17th century: probably from Low German; compare with German schrubbeln (in the same sense), frequentative of Low German schrubben ‘to scrub’.

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Hyphenation of scribbled

scrib-bled

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
  • scribbled is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

scribbled synonyms

Meaning score or mark the surface of (something) with a sharp or pointed object:

scratch

Meaning write (something) in a hurried, careless way:

scrawl

Meaning scribble absent-mindedly:

doodle

Words that rhyme with scribbled

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