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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
Derived Forms
- ˈscrawler, noun
- ˈscrawly, adjective
Other Words From
- un·scrawled adjective
- un·scrawling adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of scrawl1
Example Sentences
One woman showed up to a protest outside a Burbank Tesla on Sunday with an expletive and Musk's name scrawled in chalk across her white Model X sedan.
The girl scrawled the words “Help Me!” in red pen on a ripped piece of paper as she sat in a silver Nissan Sentra, according to the U.S.
A voracious reader, Walger lost, among other treasured items, her vast book collection, which contained everything from contemporary fiction and Romantic poetry to treasured childhood books with her annotations scrawled in the margins.
The American intruders scrawled on the concrete, “We declare war on Slowjamastan.”
Blair scrawled "that is the key" by the side of that statement.
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