scribble

1. 1.

   write down quickly without much attention to detail

   Synonymsscrabble

   Broaderwrite
2. 2.

   write carelessly

   Synonymsscrawl

   Broaderwrite

Other forms of scribble

plural

scribbles·

past tense

scribbled·

present participle

scribbling·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about scribble

What does scribble mean?

scribble means "poor handwriting". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in scribble?

scribble has 2 syllables: scrib-ble. The stress falls on "scrib". In IPA it is /ˈskɹɪbəl/.

What is another word for scribble?

Close synonyms include scratch, scrawl, cacography, scrabble, doodle. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is scribble a common word?

scribble is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.