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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 [skrɔːl]

vb

to write or draw (signs, words, etc.) carelessly or hastily; scribble

n

careless or scribbled writing, drawing, or marks

[perhaps a blend of sprawl and crawl¹]

scrawler  n

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

scribble, doodle, squiggle graffiti scrawled on school walls

noun

scribble, doodle, squiggle a hasty, barely decipherable scrawl

Translations

scrawl [skrɔːl]

A. N → garabatos mpl
I can't read her scrawl → no puedo leer sus garabatos
the word finished in a scrawl → la palabra terminaba en un garabato

B. VT → garabatear
to scrawl a note to sb → garabatear una nota a algn
a wall scrawled all over with rude words → una pared llena de palabrotas

C. VI → garabatear, hacer garabatos

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scrawl [ˈskrɔːl]

n → gribouillage m

vt [+ graffiti, slogans] → griffonner
He scrawled a note to his wife → Il griffonna un mot à sa femme.

vi → gribouiller

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scrawl

n → Krakelei f, → Gekrakel nt (inf); (= handwriting) → Klaue f (inf); (inf: = message) → gekritzelte Nachricht; the word finished in a scrawl → das Wort hörte mit einem Krakel auf (inf)

vt → hinschmieren (inf), → hinkritzeln; it’s been scrawled all over with obscene messages → es war ganz vollgeschmiert mit Obszönitäten

vi → krakeln (inf), → schmieren

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scrawl [skrɔːl]

1. n (handwriting) → scrittura illegibile; (brief note) → messaggio scarabocchiato

2. vt → scarabocchiare

3. vi → scarabocchiare

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scrawl [skrɔːl]

1. n (handwriting) → scrittura illegibile; (brief note) → messaggio scarabocchiato

2. vt → scarabocchiare

3. vi → scarabocchiare

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scrawl

v scrawl [skroːl]

to write untidily or hastily I scrawled a hasty note to her. krabbel يُخَرْبِش надрасквам načmárat nedkradse kritzeln γράφω βιαστικά και απρόσεκτα garabatear kritseldama ناخوانا نوشتن raapustaa griffonner לְשַרבֵּט घसीटना, घसीट कर लिखना črčkati, šarati lefirkant menulis secara cakar ayam krota, pára scarabocchiare; (scrivere in fretta) 走り書きする 휘갈겨 쓰다 (su)keverzoti []kricelēt menulis dengan tulisan cakar ayam krabbelen rable/klore ned nabazgrać, nagryzmolić rabiscar a mâzgăli писать каракулями načmárať, načarbať čečkati škrabati klottra (krafsa) ner เขียนอย่างไม่เรียบร้อยหรือรีบเขียน aceleyle yazmak 潦草或草率地寫 писати недбало قلم برداشتہ لکھنا، گھسیٹنا viết,vẽ(cái gì) lộn xộn 潦草地写

n

untidy or bad handwriting I hope you can read this scrawl. gekrabbel خَرْبَشَه драсканица čmáranice kragetær das Gekritzel ορνιθοσκαλίσματα garabato varesejalad نوشته ناخوانا harakanvarpaat gribouillage שִׁרבּוּט घसीट कर लिखने का तरीका neuredno pisati firkálás tulisan jelek krot, pár scarabocchio 走り書き 휘갈겨 쓴 글자 keverzonė kricelējums tulisan cakar ayam gekrabbel krot, kråketær, rabbel bazgranina rabisco mâzgălitură каракули čmáranina čečkarija škrabotina klotter, kråkfötter ลายมือหวัด kargacık burgacık yazı 潦草的筆跡 карлючки; щось недбало написане گھسٹی ہوئی تحریر mẩu giấy viết nguệch ngoạc 潦草的笔迹