Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - scribble
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scribble
(scribbles, scribbling, scribbled) 1. If you scribble something, you write it quickly and roughly. She scribbled a note to tell Mum she’d gone out... As I scribbled in my diary the light went out. VERB: V n, V prep/adv 2. To scribble means to make meaningless marks or rough drawings using a pencil or pen. When Caroline was five she scribbled on a wall. VERB: V prep/adv 3. Scribble is something that has been written or drawn quickly and roughly. I’m sorry what I wrote was such a scribble. = scrawl N-VAR
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verb (~d; scribbling) Etymology: Middle English scriblen, from Medieval Latin scribillare, from Latin scribere to write Date: 15th century transitive verb 1. to write hastily or carelessly without regard to legibility or form 2. to cover with careless or worthless writings or drawings intransitive verb to write or draw hastily and carelessly • ~ noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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1. v. & n. --v. 1 tr. & intr. write carelessly or hurriedly. 2 intr. often derog. be an author or writer. 3 intr. & tr. draw carelessly or meaninglessly. --n. 1 a scrawl. 2 a hasty note etc. 3 careless handwriting. Derivatives scribbler n. scribbly adj. Etymology: ME f. med.L scribillare dimin. of L scribere write 2. v.tr. card (wool, cotton, etc.) coarsely. Etymology: prob. f. LG: cf. G schrubbeln (in the same sense), frequent. f. LG schrubben: see SCRUB(1) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. небрежный или неразборчивый почерк 2. что-л. небрежно или неразборчиво написанное; каракули, мазня 3. небрежно или быстро писать to scribble a few lines —- набросать несколько строк to scribble one's name on smth. —- небрежно расписаться на чем-л., нацарапать свою подпись to scribble on the margin of a book —- делать небрежные заметки на полях книги 4. выводить каракули, закорючки to scribble a wall —- исчертить (исписать) стену 5. марать, пачкать бумагу, быть писакой, стихоплетом и т. п. to scribble silly novels —- разг. стряпать глупые романы to scribble verses for the papers —- кропать стишки для газет to scribble for a bare existence —- зарабатывать на кусок хлеба писаниной to scribble for one's own amusement —- заниматься сочинительством (бумагомаранием) для собственного удовольствия 6. текст. грубо чесать (шерсть или хлопок) ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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I 1. noun 1) небрежный или неразборчивый почерк 2) каракули; мазня 2. v. 1) писать быстро и небрежно; писать как курица лапой; I scribbled down the telephone number, and now I cant read the figures! 2) заниматься бумагомаранием, быть писакой; Youve been scribbling half your life away, and nothing has ever been printed! Syn: see write II v. text. грубо чесать ...Англо-русский словарь
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~1 v 1 to write something quickly and untidily (I scribbled his phone number in my address book.) 2 to draw marks that have no meaning (Don't scribble on the desk like that!) ~2 n 1 also scribbles meaningless marks or pictures, especially done by children 2 untidy writing that is difficult to read ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- c.1456, possibly from M.L. scribillare, dim. of L. scribere "to write" (see script). The noun is from 1577. Scribbler "petty author" is from 1553. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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