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| Date: | 1400-1500 |
| Language: | Medieval Latin |
| Origin: | scribillare, from Latin scribere; SCRIBE |
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scrib‧ble1
1 [transitive] also scribble down to write something quickly and untidily : I scribbled his phone number in my address book. He scribbled down our names.
I scribbled his phone number in my address book.He scribbled down our names.2 [intransitive] to draw marks that have no meaning : Someone had scribbled all over my picture.
Someone had scribbled all over my picture.WORD FOCUS: write WORD FOCUS: write
quickly: jot down, dash off
in a way that is difficult to read: scribble, scrawl
write information on an official form: fill in/fill out
write a word correctly: spell
start to write: put pen to paper
➔ See also write
WORD FOCUS: write quickly: jot down, dash off
in a way that is difficult to read: scribble, scrawl
write information on an official form: fill in/fill out
write a word correctly: spell
start to write: put pen to paper
➔ See also write
