Scrawl

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This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To write hastily or illegibly.
  • verb-intransitive. To write in a sprawling, irregular manner.
  • n. Irregular, often illegible handwriting.
  • n. Something, such as a note, written hastily or illegibly.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. An Irregular, possibly illegible handwriting.
  • n. A hastily, or carelessly written note etc.
  • v. To write something hastily or illegibly.
  • v. To write in an irregular or illegible manner.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • verb-intransitive. See crawl.
  • v. To draw or mark awkwardly and irregularly; to write hastily and carelessly; to scratch; to scribble.
  • verb-intransitive. To write unskillfully and inelegantly.
  • n. Unskillful or inelegant writing; that which is unskillfully or inelegantly written.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To creep; crawl; by extension, to swarm with crawling things.
  • n. The young of the dog-crab.
  • n. A trawl.
  • To draw or mark awkwardly and irregularly with a pen, pencil, or other marking implement; write awkwardly, hastily, or carelessly; scribble: as, to scrawl a letter; also, to make irregular lines or bad writing on: as, to scrawl a piece of paper.
  • To mark with irregular wandering or zigzag lines: as, eggs scrawled with black (natural marking).
  • To write unskilfully and inelegantly.
  • n. A piece of unskilful or inelegant writing; also, a piece of hasty, bad writing.
  • n. A ragged, broken branch of a tree; brushwood.
  • n. In law, same as scroll-seal.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. poor handwriting
  • v. write carelessly
  • Verb Form
    scrawled    scrawling    scrawls   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    write   
    Cross Reference
    scribble   
    Variant
    crawl   
    Form
    scrawled    scrawling   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    scratch    scribble    scrabble   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Ball    Fall    Gaul    Hall    Montreal    Nepal    Paul    Raul    Saul    Senegal   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    handwriting    daub    chirography    jumble    gibberish    write    muddle    ponytail    imprecation    imaginings