scribble

v., -bled, -bling, -bles.

v.tr.

1. To write hurriedly without heed to legibility or style.
2. To cover with scribbles, doodles, or meaningless marks.

v.intr.
To write or draw in a hurried careless way.

n.

1. Careless hurried writing.
2. Meaningless marks and lines.

[Middle English scriblen, probably from scriben, to write, from Latin scrībere, to write.]

scribbly scrib'bly adj.

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 noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: poor handwriting
  Synonyms: scratch, scrawl, cacography

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The verb scribble has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: write down quickly without much attention to detail
  Synonym: scrabble

Meaning #2: write carelessly
  Synonym: scrawl

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
v. tr. - grifle, kradse ned, oversmøre, overmale
n. - kradseri, smøreri, hastigt nedkradset brev

2.
v. tr. - skrubbe, grovkarte

Nederlands (Dutch)
krabbelen, een derderangs schrijver zijn

Français (French)
1.
v. tr. - gribouiller, griffonner
n. - gribouillage

2.
v. tr. - (Tex) carder de manière grossière (de la laine, etc)

Deutsch (German)
1.
v. - kritzeln
n. - Gekritzel

2.
v. - krempeln

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ορνιθοσκάλισμα, βιαστικό σημείωμα, κακογραφία
v. - γράφω ή σχεδιάζω βιαστικά ή πρόχειρα, λαναρίζω, (καθομ.) δημοσιογραφώ

Italiano (Italian)
scarabocchio, scarabocchiare

Português (Portuguese)
n. - rabisco (m)
v. - escrever

Русский (Russian)
небрежный или неразборчивый почерк, каракули, небрежно или быстро писать, марать бумагу, быть писакой, стихоплетом, грубо чесать (шерсть)

Español (Spanish)
1.
v. tr. - emborronar cuartillas, garabatear, garrapatear
n. - escrito desmañado, garabato, garapato

2.
v. tr. - cardar lana, algodón, etc.

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - klotter, kladd, hastverk, havsigt skriven bok etc
v. - klottra, krafsa ner, kladda, grovkarda

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
潦草地书写, 草率地创作, 在...上面乱涂, 潦草书写, 乱涂, 乱画, 草率创作, 潦草的写法, 杂文, 潦草写成的东西

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 潦草地書寫, 草率地創作, 在...上面亂塗
v. intr. - 潦草書寫, 亂塗, 亂畫, 草率創作
n. - 潦草的寫法, 雜文, 潦草寫成的東西

한국어 (Korean)
1.
v. tr. - 갈겨 쓰다, 낙서하다, (글자 등을) 거칠게 지우다
n. - 휘갈겨 쓴 것, (알아보기 어려운) 필적, 잡문

2.
v. tr. - (양털을) 얼레빗질 하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 殴り書きすること, 悪筆, 走り書きしたもの, 乱筆, 落書き
v. - 落書きする, 走り書きする

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) رسم منجز بغير عنايه, كتابه متعجل فيها (فعل) يكتب أو يرسم بعجله, يخربش‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮שרבט, קשקש‬
n. - ‮שרבוט, קשקוש‬
v. tr. - ‮ניפץ צמר, כותנה וכו' באופן גס‬

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