scrawl

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) Irregular, possibly illegible handwriting.
2. (countable, uncountable) A hastily or carelessly written note etc.
3. (countable, uncountable) Writing that lacks literary merit.
4. (countable, uncommon) A broken branch of a tree.
5. (countable, uncommon, uncountable) The young of the dog-crab.

Verb

1. (transitive) To write something hastily or illegibly.
2. (intransitive) To write in an irregular or illegible manner.
3. (intransitive) To write unskilfully and inelegantly.

Verb

To creep; crawl; to move slowly, with difficulty, fearfully, or stealthily.

Concepts

griffonner

gribouiller

griffonnage

gribouillage

gratter

grafigner

griffer

gribouillis

écriture de chat

Synonymes

scribble

scrabble

dash off

scratch

write

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cacography

graffiti

chicken scratch

doodle

illegible handwriting

scratch off

scrawled writing

be not straight

draw lines

write very quickly

dash down

daub

fling off

graph

scribbling

squiggle

toss off

writing

Traductions

scarabocchiare

scarabocchio

kritzeln

garrapatear

garabatear

Gekritzel

schmieren

Klaue

Geschmiere

rabiscar

Sudelarbeit

sgorbiare

gargotejar

Pfote

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/skɹɔːl/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: scraulen

In summary

Possibly from Middle English scraulen (“to spread out one's limbs; sprawl”), itself an alteration of spraulen (“to sprawl”) or craulen, crawlen (“to crawl”).
Alternatively, from scrall, a contraction of scrabble.