Scribble

8 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Scribble \Scrib"ble\, v. t. [Cf. {Scrabble}.] (Woolen Manuf.)
     To card coarsely; to run through the scribbling machine.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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
  
  

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  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.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  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.
       
          [{Jargon File}]