1. (v. t.) To write hastily or carelessly\, without regard to correctness or elegance; as, to scribble a letter.

2. (v. t.) To card coarsely; to run through the scribbling machine.

3. (v. t.) To fill or cover with careless or worthless writing.

4. (v. i.) To write without care, elegance, or value; to scrawl.

5. (n.) Hasty or careless writing; a writing of little value; a scrawl; as, a hasty 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