scribble
/ˈskɹɪbəl/ verb B2- To write or draw carelessly and in a hurry. · I suddenly remembered I needed to buy bleach, so scribbled it down on my shopping list.
- To doodle.
- To write badly; to work as an inferior author or journalist.
He/she/it scribbles · Past scribbled · Past participle scribbled · -ing form scribbling
Verb forms
- Base form
- scribble
- He/she/it
- scribbles
- Past
- scribbled
- Past participle
- scribbled
- -ing form
- scribbling
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The inspector was himself dependent, as he explained to us, upon a scribbled account forwarded to him by the milk train in the early hours of the morning.
He scribbled a few lines upon a sheet of paper.
"Any police interference would bring about the very catastrophe which you dread." I took out my notebook and scribbled one word upon a loose sheet.
This man has come for his own purpose, but he may stay for mine." Holmes took out his notebook and scribbled a few lines.
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