scribbling
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3.5
- noun
- /ˈskrɪbəlɪŋ/
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garabateo
- I've come home from restaurants with scribblings on napkins of something I overheard.
- scribbling and writing
- writing or scribbling
I have, like, little scribblings and snorflings and griffles and, you know, all the art.
- I have, like, little scribblings and snorflings and griffles and, you know, all the art.
Examples
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Provide adaptive materials and opportunities for print and braille scribbling and writing.
Academic text (2007) -
In the kitchen, she keeps a drawer full of first-grade paintings and scribblings.
Fiction book (1999) -
And unlike most of our scribbling before and after, our best was finally good enough.
Fiction book (2002) -
And there I am like crazy desperate scribbling and scribbling on my paper.
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And so there's a car next to me and someone's scribbling help on the window.
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Sometimes she sends me notes, but I can't read the sloppy scribbling, and that angers me and makes me ashamed.
Fiction book (1992) -
The other, the one I favor, is a used paperback remastered by the marginal scribbling of some eager previous reader.
Fiction book (1999) -
After many hours of class, my notebook was filled with scribbling that I struggled to decipher.
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The child filled the page with bright colors and scribbling, creating a chaotic but joyful artwork.
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My notes were a mix of useful ideas and random scribbling that made it hard to focus on the important points.
Synonyms
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8.1
Messy handwriting that is hard to read
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8.4
Messy handwriting that is hard to read
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7.6
Writing or print that is hard to read
Messy, untidy writing or drawing that uses quick mixed lines
Thin, light writing with long, uneven lines like spider legs
Antonyms
Compounds
How Legible
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Scribbling comes from the Latin word scribere, which means 'to write', and is the same root as scribe and script. That's why scribbling describes quick or messy writing that is hard to read.