verb, noun
verb ~ (sth) (across / in / on sth) to write sth in a careless untidy way, making it difficult to read
SYNSCRIBBLE:
[VN] I tried to read his directions, scrawled on a piece of paper. * [V] Someone had scrawled all over my notes.
noun a careless untidy way of writing; sth written in this way:
Her signature was an illegible scrawl. * I can't be expected to read this scrawl! * The paper was covered in scrawls.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for scrawl is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does scrawl appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — scrawl appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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