01 v. i. See Crawl.
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4 senses · 4 variants
Webster, 1913
Scrawl
/skrôl/
· IPA /skɹɔːl/
02 v. t. To draw or mark awkwardly and irregularly; to write hastily and carelessly; to scratch; to scribble; as, to scrawl a letter.
imp. & p. p.
Scrawled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Scrawling
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To draw or mark awkwardly and irregularly; to write hastily and carelessly; to scratch; to scribble; as, to scrawl a letter.“His name, scrawled by himself.” — Macaulay.
03 v. i. To write unskillfully and inelegantly.
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To write unskillfully and inelegantly.“Though with a golden pen you scrawl.” — Swift.
04 n. Unskillful or inelegant writing; that which is unskillfully or inelegantly written.
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Unskillful or inelegant writing; that which is unskillfully or inelegantly written.“The left hand will make such a scrawl, that it will not be legible.” — Arbuthnot.“You bid me write no more than a scrawl to you.” — Gray.