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scribble

verb as in write illegibly

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Alles could hardly get his answer out before Porter scribbled more math on the board.

She turns to the board on her left to scribble some numbers.

Whether scribbling your first multiplication facts or shading intricate works of art, it is important to consider the type and variety of pencils available in the marketplace.

Coupled with the new iPadOS 14 and the Apple Pencil, people can do tasks like scribble notes on their iPad.

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While my jobs have all been all-consuming, whenever I had spare moments I would scribble down ideas, noodle over business plans, even conduct small pilots and experiments.

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I scribble the numbers on the paper, and then I look up with a start.

It is much easier to just scribble out a prescription without thinking, but doing so is lazy and poor patient care.

Atop each page of his notebook McCartney would scribble ANOTHER LENNON-MCCARTNEY ORIGINAL.

Journalists will still scribble down the things they say, but most Americans have by now tuned all that toxicity out.

Then I scribble down a paragraph here, a paragraph there, when a notion strikes.

This habit of scribble may persist after a child attempts a linear description of the parts of an object.

Porky pulled out his check-book and begun to scribble with one of them squirt-gun pens.

Peter hurried away, pausing for a moment in the promenade to scribble a line or two at the back of one of his own cards.

After lunch felt so sick of scribble, scribble, scribble whilst adventure sat seductive upon my doorstep that I fluttered forth.

Then he took out a notebook and his famous fountain pen, and began to scribble.

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On this page you'll find 24 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to scribble, such as: jot, scratch, scrawl, doodle, squiggle, and write badly.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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