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scrawl

/skrɔːl/

/skrɔl/

scrawlnoun

scrawls

/skrɔːl/

/skrɔl/

Translations

The teacher could barely read the student's scrawl on the homework assignment.

Le professeur pouvait à peine lire le griffonnage de l'élève sur le devoir.

Definitions

A hurried, careless, or untidy piece of writing.

The teacher could barely read the student's scrawl on the homework assignment.

Illegible or messy handwriting considered as a general quality or style.

The note was written in an almost indecipherable scrawl.

Synonyms

scrawlverb

scrawled

Past Simple

scrawled

Past Participle

scrawling

ing-form

/skrɔːl/

/skrɔl/

Translations

He scrawled his name on the paper before rushing out the door.

Il a griffonné son nom sur le papier avant de sortir en courant.

Additional translations

barbouillerSurtout pour un tracé grossier, irrégulier ou hâtif.

Definitions

To write something in a hurried, careless, or untidy manner.

He scrawled his name on the paper before rushing out the door.

To draw or mark something in a crude, irregular, or hasty way.

The child scrawled a stick figure on the wall.

Synonyms

dash off

jot down

write hastily