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scrawl
[ skrawl ]
verb (used with object)
- to write or draw in a sprawling, awkward manner:
He scrawled his name hastily across the blackboard.
verb (used without object)
- to write awkwardly, carelessly, or illegibly.
noun
- awkward, careless, or illegible handwriting.
- something scrawled, as a letter or a note.
scrawl
/ skrɔːl /
verb
- to write or draw (signs, words, etc) carelessly or hastily; scribble
noun
- careless or scribbled writing, drawing, or marks
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Derived Forms
- ˈscrawly, adjective
- ˈscrawler, noun
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Other Words From
- un·scrawled adjective
- un·scrawling adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of scrawl1
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Example Sentences
Artists would use pen names and scrawl them across subway cars, walls, shops, and office buildings.
In the past, troops would scrawl notes and slap stickers in these last stops before warzones.
I felt the power in my fingernails to brand the earth with my own scrawl.
Around the edges in her own spidery scrawl she would ask how I was.
She held it while the trooper bent over the strange scrawl, and ran his eyes along it to learn the context.
Reading, thanks to Sebastian's patience, he might make shift with; he could barely scrawl an awkward fist.
It was a veritable scrawl, madam, running something like this: 'I return your daughter to you.
The general will pardon this scrawl; and should he send an express after us, please to let Mrs. Pike know of the opportunity.
Being seated on the ground, 585 and writing on the back of a book, I hope will plead my excuse for this scrawl.
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