Meaning

3 senses
  1. One who scribbles; a hasty or untalented writer or artist.

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    писа́каpisáka, бумагомара́тельbumagomarátelʹ, щелкопёрščelkopjór

  2. (dated)A machine for coarse carding or teasing of wool.

  3. (Canada, dated)A ruled notebook or exercise book, especially in grade school.

More definitions
  • a writer whose handwriting is careless and hard to read
  • informal terms for journalists

Examples

2 sentences
  1. I'm a compulsive scribbler.

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  2. You're a compulsive scribbler.

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Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
one who scribbles; hasty or untalented writer:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
one who scribbles; hasty or untalented writer:

Origin

From scribble + -er.

From scribble + -er.

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Forms

plural: scribblers
Singularscribbler
Pluralscribblers

regular

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a writer whose handwriting is careless and hard to read:scrawler
  • informal terms for journalists:scribe

Word family

2 related words
Relatedscribble

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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