Scribble \Scrib"ble\, v. t. [Cf. Scrabble.] (Woolen Manuf.)
To card coarsely; to run through the scribbling machine.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Scribble \Scrib"ble\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scribbled (-b'ld);
p. pr. & vb. n. Scribbling (-bl[i^]ng).] [From Scribe.]
1. To write hastily or carelessly, without regard to
correctness or elegance; as, to scribble a letter.
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2. To fill or cover with careless or worthless writing.
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Scribble \Scrib"ble\, v. i.
To write without care, elegance, or value; to scrawl.
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If Maevius scribble in Apollo's spite. --Pope.
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Scribble \Scrib"ble\, n.
Hasty or careless writing; a writing of little value; a
scrawl; as, a hasty scribble. --Boyle.
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Neither did I but vacant seasons spend
In this my scribble. --Bunyan.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
scribble
n 1: poor handwriting [syn: scratch, scrawl, cacography]
2: an aimless drawing [syn: scrabble, doodle]
v 1: write down quickly without much attention to detail [syn: scrabble]
2: write carelessly [syn: scrawl]
WordNet (r) 2.0
31 Moby Thesaurus words for "scribble":
anamorphosis, bad likeness, barbouillage, botch, burlesque,
caricature, daub, distortion, doodle, hen scratches, hen tracks,
illegibility, indecipherability, jot down, misdraw, mispaint,
parody, pattes de mouche, pothookery, pothooks,
pothooks and hangers, scrabble, scratch, scrawl, scribbling,
scribe, squiggle, travesty, undecipherability, unreadability,
write
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
scribble n. To modify a data structure in a random and unintentionally
destructive way. "Bletch! Somebody's disk-compactor program went berserk
and scribbled on the i-node table." "It was working fine until one of
the allocation routines scribbled on low core." Synonymous with trash;
compare mung, which conveys a bit more intention, and mangle, which
is more violent and final.
Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001)
scribble
To modify a data structure in a random and unintentionally
destructive way. "Bletch! Somebody's disk-compactor program
went berserk and scribbled on the i-node table." "It was
working fine until one of the allocation routines scribbled on
low core." Synonymous with trash; compare mung, which
conveys a bit more intention, and mangle, which is more
violent and final.
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The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)
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