B2verb · intransitive · rare

scribble

scribble · scribbles · scribbled · scribbling

шкрябати, базграти

царапать, марать бумагу, шкрябать

schmieren, kritzeln, krakeln

To write or draw carelessly and in a hurryTo write or draw carelessly and in a hurry.

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/ˈskɹɪbəl/

» Tom scribbled something in his notebook.

Meaning

4 senses

(ambitransitive)To write or draw carelessly and in a hurry.
I suddenly remembered I needed to buy bleach, so scribbled it down on my shopping list.
schmieren, krakeln, kritzeln
цара́патьcarápatʹ, шкря́батьškrjábatʹ
write carelessly
To doodle.
мара́ть бума́гуmarátʹ bumágu
To write badly; to work as an inferior author or journalist.
(obsolete, transitive)To card or tease (wool) coarsely; to run through a scribbler.

Examples

36 sentences

Tom scribbled something in his notebook.
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Tom scribbled something on his notepad.
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Tom scribbled his signature on the contract.
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I saw Tom scribbling on the wall.
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Tom scribbled something on a piece of paper.
ruТом нацарапал что-то на клочке бумаги.
deTom kritzelte etwas auf einen Zettel.
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Translations

8 languages

Русский

By meaning 2

to write or draw carelessly and in a hurry:

to doodle:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

to write or draw carelessly and in a hurry:

Origin

From Middle English scriblen, from (1) scrīben + -le and/or (2) Latin scrībillō (found in

From Middle English scriblen, from (1) scrīben + -le and/or (2) Latin scrībillō (found in conscrībillō), from cōnscrībō, from scrībō (“write”), equivalent to scribe + -le (frequentative suffix).

From Dutch schribbelen (“to scratch”), from Middle Dutch schrobben (“to scrub, scrape, scratch”), variant of schrapen, schrappen. Related to scrub.

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