scrawl

scrawl  (skrôl)

v. scrawled, scrawl·ing, scrawls

v.tr.

To write hastily or illegibly.

v.intr.

To write in a sprawling, irregular manner.

n.

1. Irregular, often illegible handwriting.

2. Something, such as a note, written hastily or illegibly.

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[Perhaps from obsolete scrawl, to gesticulate, sprawl, from Middle English scrawlen, probably blend of sprawlen, to sprawl; see sprawl and craulen, to crawl; see crawl¹.]

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scrawler n.

scrawly adj.

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scrawl

Verb

to write carelessly or hastily

Noun

careless or scribbled writing [perhaps blend of sprawl + crawl]

scrawly adj

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	scrawl - poor handwriting cacography, scribble, scratch handwriting, script, hand - something written by hand; "she recognized his handwriting"; "his hand was illegible" chicken scratch - cramped or illegible handwriting squiggle - an illegible scrawl; "his signature was just a squiggle but only he could make that squiggle"
Verb	1.	scrawl - write carelessly scribble write - mark or trace on a surface; "The artist wrote Chinese characters on a big piece of white paper"; "Russian is written with the Cyrillic alphabet"

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scrawl

verb 1. scribble, doodle, squiggle

noun 2. scribble, doodle, squiggle

Translations

scrawl [skrɔːl] n → garabatos mpl

vi → hacer garabatos

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scrawl [skrɔːl] n → gribouillage m

vi → gribouiller

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scrawl [skrɔːl] n → Gekritzel nt;

(handwriting) → Klaue f (inf)

vt → hinkritzeln

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scrawl [skrɔːl] n → scarabocchio

vi → scarabocchiare