[skrib-uh
l] 
verb, -bled, -bling, noun | 1. | to write hastily or carelessly: to scribble a letter. |
| 2. | to cover with meaningless writing or marks: to scribble all over a page. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
[skrib-uhl] | to tear apart (wool fibers) in the first stages of carding. |
| scrib·ble (skrĭb'əl) v. scrib·bled, scrib·bling, scrib·bles v. tr.
To write or draw in a hurried careless way. n.
[Middle English scriblen, probably from scriben, to write, from Latin scrībere, to write; see skrībh- in Indo-European roots.] scrib'bly adj. |
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.
[The Jargon File]
