| v. t. | 1. | (Woolen Manuf.) To card coarsely; to run through the scribbling machine. |
| 1. | To write hastily or carelessly, without regard to correctness or elegance; | |
| 2. | To fill or cover with careless or worthless writing. | |
| v. i. | 1. | To write without care, elegance, or value; to scrawl. |
| n. | 1. | Hasty or careless writing; a writing of little value; a scrawl; |
| Noun | 1. | scribble - poor handwriting |
| 2. | scribble - an aimless drawing | |
| Verb | 1. | scribble - write down quickly without much attention to detail Synonyms: scrabble |
| 2. | scribble - write carelessly Synonyms: scrawl |
| 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. |
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