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scrib⋅ble

1  [skrib-uhl] verb, -bled, -bling, noun
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–verb (used with object)
1. to write hastily or carelessly: to scribble a letter.
2. to cover with meaningless writing or marks: to scribble all over a page.
–verb (used without object)
3. to write or draw in a hasty or careless way.
4. to make meaningless marks, scrolls, lines, etc., with a pencil, pen, or the like.
–noun
5. a note or other writing that has little or no meaning.
6. a hasty or careless drawing or piece of writing.
7. handwriting, esp. when illegible.
Origin:
1425–75; late ME scribblen (v.) < ML scrībillāre to scribble, deriv. of L scrībere to write; see shrive

Related forms:
scrib⋅bling⋅ly, adverb

scrib⋅ble

2  [skrib-uhl]
–verb (used with object), -bled, -bling.
to tear apart (wool fibers) in the first stages of carding.
Origin:
1675–85; < D schribbelen to scratch; c. schrobbelen to card wool coarsely, freq. of schrobben to scrub 1
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scrib·ble   (skrĭb'əl)   
v.   scrib·bled, scrib·bling, scrib·bles

v.   tr.
  1. To write hurriedly without heed to legibility or style.
  2. To cover with scribbles, doodles, or meaningless marks.
v.   intr.
To write or draw in a hurried careless way.
n.  
  1. Careless hurried writing.
  2. Meaningless marks and lines.

[Middle English scriblen, probably from scriben, to write, from Latin scrībere, to write; see skrībh- in Indo-European roots.]
scrib'bly adj.
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Scribble

Scrib"ble\, v. t. [Cf. Scrabble.] (Woolen Manuf.) To card coarsely; to run through the scribbling machine.

Scribble

Scrib"ble\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scribbled (-b'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Scribbling (-bl[i^]ng).] [From Scribe.]

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. To write without care, elegance, or value; to scrawl.

If M[ae]vius scribble in Apollo's spite. --Pope.

Scribble

Scrib"ble\, n. 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.
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Language Translation for : scribble
Spanish: garabatear,
German: schmieren,
Japanese: ぞんざいに書く
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scribble

n. To modify a data structure in a random and unintentionally destructive way. "Bletch! Somebody's disk-compactor program went berserk and scribbled on the i-node table." "It was working fine until one of the allocation routines scribbled on low core." Synonymous with trash; compare mung, which conveys a bit more intention, and mangle, which is more violent and final.
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scribble  (v.)
c.1465, from M.L. scribillare, dim. of L. scribere "to write" (see script). The noun is from 1577. Scribbler "petty author" is from 1553.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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scribble
To modify a data structure in a random and unintentionally destructive way. "Bletch! Somebody's disk-compactor program went berserk and scribbled on the i-node table." "It was working fine until one of the allocation routines scribbled on low core." Synonymous with trash; compare mung, which conveys a bit more intention, and mangle, which is more violent and final.
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